Reset Those Passwords – Again: Over 6 Million ClixSense Users Compromised by Data Breach
“ClixSense, a site which pays users to view ads and take surveys, was the victim of a massive data breach compromising around 6.6 million user accounts. Usually when there’s a data breach of this size, the information stolen contains usernames, passwords, and some other personal information, but due to the nature of ClixSense and the […]
Congressional Report Slams OPM on Data Breach
“The massive data breach at the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) that exposed background investigations and fingerprint data on millions of Americans was the result of a cascading series of cybersecurity blunders from the agency’s senior leadership on down to the outdated technology used to secure the sensitive data, according to a lengthy report […]
New Wells Fargo Insurance Cyber Security Study Shows Companies More Concerned With Private Data Loss Than With Hackers
“With network security top of mind, businesses are nearly two times more concerned with losing private data (47 percent ) than hackers disrupting their systems (26 percent), according to the 2016 Network Security and Data Privacy Study, released today by Wells Fargo Insurance, part of Wells Fargo & Company. Misuse of technology among employees also […]
Broomfield-based Noodles & Company sued over card data breach at hundreds of locations nationwide
“An Oregon credit union has sued Noodles & Company over a data breach earlier this year that compromised the security of debit and credit cards at hundreds of Noodles locations nationwide, including 60 in Colorado. The suit, filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court of Colorado by SELCO Community Credit Union, seeks class action status for all U.S. financial institutions whose […]
Dropbox data breach: 68 million user account details leaked
“Four years after a data breach at cloud storage service Dropbox, details of more than 68 million user accounts have reportedly been leaked. Tech website Motherboard reported Tuesday that it obtained files containing the account details from sources in the database trading community and breach notification service Leakbase. The files contain email addresses and “hashed” […]
Hutton Hotel Warns Customers Of Data Breach
“A luxury hotel chain in Nashville has warned its customers of a data breach that may have occurred over a three-year period. The Hutton Hotel put a statement on its website letting customers know some guests’ credit and debit card payment information may have been stolen. Hotel officials said cyber thieves installed a program into […]
Data Breaches At U.S. Office Of Personnel Management Were Preventable, Investigation Finds
“The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) did not follow rudimentary cyber security recommendations that could have mitigated or even prevented major attacks that compromised sensitive data belonging to more than 22 million people, a congressional investigation being released on Wednesday has found. Two breaches at the federal agency detected in 2014 and 2015 were […]
Banner Health faces lawsuits after security breach
“Banner Health faces several lawsuits after revealing on Aug. 2 that 3.7 million customers’ medical records were exposed during a sophisticated hack this summer. “The health care industry has been known to have some of the worst cyber security systems of any industry that holds this kind of sensitive information,” said James Bilsborrow, an attorney […]
Officials: Hackers breach election systems in Illinois, Arizona
“Hackers have breached databases for election systems in Illinois and Arizona, according to state election and law enforcement officials. In Illinois, hackers accessed a database for the Illinois Board of Elections, compromising up to 200,000 personal voter records according to Ken Menzel, General Counsel for the board. The FBI is investigating the hack, which initially […]
Ransomware as a Service a mature channel threat
“Ransomware as a Service is not only a threat to solution providers’ customers, but functioning under a rather “mature” business model, executives detailed at a Dell Data Security ransomware roundtable last week. “[Ransomware as Service] basically means you can go there and make your own ransomware using their engine and customize it however you want,” […]