Yahoo Warns Users Their Email Accounts May Have Been Hacked – Yes, Again
“On the same day as a report that says Verizon is renegotiating its offer to buy Yahoo at a $250 million discount, the internet company — for the third time in less than six months — is warning users that there’s potential their email accounts may have been hacked. Yahoo confirmed today that it was […]
Arby’s probes possible data breach of 355K credit cards
“Arby’s Restaurant Group Inc. is investigating a possible data breach in its point-of-sale systems that may involve more than 355,000 credit and debit cards. The Atlanta-based Arby’s said it notified law enforcement and brought in leading security experts to investigate malware found on its point-of-sale system. “While the investigation is ongoing, ARG quickly took measures […]
DATA BREACH REPORTS SET TO “SKYROCKET” IN 2017 THANKS TO PASSING OF DIGITAL PRIVACY ACT
“Reports of data breaches in Canada will “skyrocket” this year, Kevvie Fowler, KPMG’s national leader of cyber response in Canada, has predicted to the CBC. Upcoming changes in Canadian privacy law, as well as guidance from the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA), will force companies to be more transparent about cyberattacks than they have in the […]
Sportswear retailer investigates data breach
“Columbia Sportswear’s prAna brand has become the industry’s latest cyber-breach victim. When the lifestyle brand’s e-commerce site was targeted last week, the incident lead Columbia to “immediately launch an investigation and engage a leading third-party cyber security firm to assist us,” Columbia’s CEO Timothy Boyle said on the company’s Q4 2016 earnings call on Feb. […]
Memorial Healthcare Systems to pay $5.5M over potential HIPAA violations
“Memorial Healthcare Systems has paid HHS $5.5 million to settle potential HIPAA violations, HHS disclosed on Thursday. The six-hospital nonprofit system disclosed to HHS’ OCR that 115,143 individuals’ protected health information (PHI) had been impermissibly accessed by employees and impermissibly disclosed to affiliated physician office staff. The settlement comes weeks after Children’s Medical Center of […]
Data breach hits San Antonio Symphony employees
“The San Antonio Symphony, shown in rehearsal, has suffered a data breach of personnel records of the musicians and staff, the organization said Tuesday. Computer hackers broke into the computer network for the San Antonio Symphony this week, stealing the names, birth dates, Social Security numbers, addresses and W-2 tax forms for about 250 employees, […]
Data Breaches of eCommerce Retailers Cost $172 Per Record
“If your small business hasn’t been “hacked,” it can be difficult to quantify the potential impact of cyber crime. True the impact of a cyber-crime committed against your small business can range from simply annoying to potentially crippling. But in the end, the question remains whether a way exists to measure that impact in dollars […]
Data breaches becoming more complex, pervasive and damaging, finds Verizon’s 2017 Data Breach Digest
“Data breaches are becoming more complex and are no longer confined to just the IT department, but are now affecting every department within an organization. Each breach leaves a lingering, if not lasting imprint on an enterprise, finds the 2017 Data Breach Digest. As we found in the Verizon 2016 Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR), […]
31 Health Data Breaches Disclosed in January as HHS Fines for Late Reporting
“2017 has kicked off with a huge proportion of insider threats, as January data from disclosed breaches reveals that 59.2% of breached patient records were the result of insiders. This month’s health data breaches reinforce the importance of health data security, as the need to protect patient data from insiders continues to loom large. Healthcare […]
Most US firms would pay to avoid data breach shame going public
“The majority of US businesses admit they would pay hundreds of thousands of dollars rather than deal with the aftermath of a data breach going public. According to new research from Bitdefender, two-thirds of 250 IT decision makers at enterprise firms say their companies would pay $124,000 to avoid public shaming after a data breach, […]