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Data Breach

A data breach is the intentional or unintentional release of secure or private/confidential information to an untrusted environment.

Source: en.wikipedia.org

Consumer Finance Startup Kreditech Breached
Consumer Finance Startup Kreditech Breached
March 25, 2015  |  Alternative Finances

Micro-loan startup Kreditech is investigating a November 2014 data breach that resulted in hackers posting the personal and financial records of thousands of applicants online,...

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Hilton’s Wrong-Way Security Snafu
Hilton’s Wrong-Way Security Snafu
March 24, 2015  |  Loyalty & Rewards

A move to improve online security by Hilton Hotels’ Hilton HHonors loyalty program resulted in exposing customer information in all accounts to potential cybertheft, Krebs...

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Uber’s Driver Data Breach Hidden For Five Months
Uber’s Driver Data Breach Hidden For Five Months
March 02, 2015  |  News

Uber announced last week (Feb. 27) that the data of roughly 50,000 drivers may have been impacted in a security breach, but the car-hailing service...

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