15 States Reach Settlement with Adobe Over 2013 Data Breach
“Ohio and 14 other states have settled with Adobe Sytems to resolve an investigation into the 2013 data breach of certain Adobe servers, which contained personal information of nearly 53,000 Ohio residents. Under the settlement, Adobe agrees to implement new policies and practices to prevent similar breaches in the future and pay $1 million to […]
Yahoo discovered hack leading to major data breach two years before it was disclosed
“Yahoo discovered the hack that led to a data breach affecting more than a half billion accounts nearly two years before the attack was disclosed in September, according to documents filed with financial regulators Wednesday. News of the breach broke as Yahoo was finalizing a deal to sell off its core business to Verizon. That […]
Cloud Service Providers Beware, You May Be Subject to HIPAA Without Knowing It
“The use of cloud service providers has exploded in the past several years. According to estimates from Gartner, the market for cloud services is expected to reach $204 billion in 2016. But the use of cloud service providers raises significant privacy and security concerns, especially for health care providers who are subject to the Health […]
Cost to US Companies of Data Breach Totals $7 Million
“The cost to a U.S. company of a single lost or stolen digital record containing sensitive or confidential information reached $221 this year, up 2% year over year. The average total cost to a company from a data breach rose 7% to $7.01 million. On average, a single breach involved nearly 30,000 records, in a […]
Silicon Valley is seriously worried about a cyber attack on Election Day
Imagine a major attack against the Internet on Election Day with a singular goal: disrupt voter turnout. It sounds like pure paranoia, but that’s the gist of a debate that started on Twitter this weekend and quickly drew in some big names in Silicon Valley. Adam D’Angelo, Facebook’s (FB, Tech30) former chief technology officer and […]
Massive cyberattack turned ordinary devices into weapons
A cyberattack that took down large swaths of the internet around the world on Friday was carried out, in part, by unsuspecting devices connected to the internet. Security firm Flashpoint said it believes that digital video recorders and webcams in people’s homes were taken over by malware and then, without owners’ knowledge, used to help […]
LinkedIn hacking suspect identified by feds
A grand jury has issued a criminal indictment against Yevgeniy Aleksandrovich Nikulin, a 29-year-old Russian accused of hacking LinkedIn, Dropbox and a third web service. The indictment, filed Thursday, was made public Friday night by the U.S. Department of Justice. The federal government has now confirmed Nikulin was the Russian citizen arrested in Prague on […]
Security analyst says Yahoo!, Dropbox, LinkedIn, Tumblr all popped by same gang
Five hackers are said to be behind breaches totalling up to a staggering three billion credentials from some of the world’s biggest tech companies including the Yahoo! breach that led to the loss of 500 million credentials. The claims, made to The Reg by recognised threat intelligence boffin Andrew Komarov, pin the world’s largest hacks […]
UK data watchdog issues record fine for ISP TalkTalk’s 2015 data breach
“A 2015 data breach at UK ISP TalkTalk has landed the company with a £400,000 fine from the national data protection agency — a record penalty for the ICO to hand out, although £100k shy of the current maximum it can impose. The breach in question dates back to October 2015 when data from nearly […]
Verizon wants $1B discount on Yahoo deal after reports of hacking, spying
“Verizon is pushing for a $1 billion discount off its pending $4.8 billion agreement to buy Yahoo, several sources told The Post exclusively. The request comes on the heels of the web giant getting bludgeoned by bad news in the past few days. Yahoo revealed two weeks ago that it had been hacked in 2014 […]