Uber suffered a data breach in 2014 that affected 50,000 Uber drivers across the U.S., the ride-sharing startup disclosed in a statement…
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Scammers defraud TalkTalk users after UK ISP suffers data breach
The personal details of a number of TalkTalk customers have been stolen. In some cases, the details have been used to scam…
Read MoreSilicon Valley entrant Dtex Systems lands $15M to stop insider data leaks
It’s not everyday that a 15-year old company grabs a series A funding round. However, in the case of Dtex Systems, which…
Read MoreObama’s executive order calls for sharing of security data
President Barack Obama signed an executive order on Friday designed to spur businesses and the Federal Government to share with each other…
Read MoreFBI: North Korea “got sloppy” with IP addresses in Sony hack
The FBI continued to insist Wednesday that North Korea was responsible for hacking Sony Pictures Entertainment, the Associated Press reported. FBI Director…
Read MoreCiting cybercrime, Obama unloads sanctions on North Korea
The United States is laying down additional economic sanctions on North Korea courtesy of an executive order issued by President Obama on…
Read MoreFeds issue final order over Snapchat privacy incidents, but no fine
What do regulators do when a popular app deceives users about photos that “disappear forever” and scrapes their contact list without permission? Not much.…
Read MoreFBI doesn’t want companies to hack in retaliation
Major banks, retailers, manufacturers and other companies are fed up with the increasing amount of cyber attacks and are exploring hacking in…
Read MoreAn un-patched server led to attackers infiltrating JPMorgan
JPMorgan Chase’s big hack this summer could have apparently been prevented if the mega-bank’s security team had properly updated a neglected server,…
Read MoreVeracode gets $40M to help companies find security holes in their applications
Veracode's service hooks into the development tools used by coders so that its cloud-based system can scan their application for vulnerabilities or bugs in the code.…
Read MoreGap: Thanks to Target’s woes, retailers really get the importance of security now
The massive Target data breach last December was a "clarion call" for retail executives, according to Gap's senior director of infrastructure architecture. That's unsurprising, seeing how the breach lost Target's CIO and CEO their jobs.…
Read MoreChange your passwords, eBay urges customers as it reveals large-scale data breach
The online auction house says credit card data was not taken and the passwords stored in the hacked database were encrypted, but an awful lot of apparently unencrypted information was in that database.…
Read MoreAdobe investigated in Ireland over massive data breach
The Irish Data Protection Commissioner, who regulates online privacy for most of the world, is looking into Adobe's mega-breach last year, in which the details of at least 38 million people were purloined by criminals.…
Read MoreLivingSocial reports hack that could affect data of 50 million customers
LivingSocial saw a major hack to its computer systems, reported Friday, that could impact the accounts of more than 50 million users.…
Read MoreAmazon Lawsuit Tests ‘No Harm, No Foul’ Rule For Leaked Personal Info
Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) subsidiary Zappos, an online shoe retailer, faces a second lawsuit over a hacking incident involving 24 million customer……
Read MoreAmazon Hit With Class Action Over Zappos Data Breach
Shoe retailer Zappos is facing a national class action suit one day after it warned customers that its servers had been hacked.…
Read MoreSony Hacked Again, But This Time, Comes Clean Quickly
*Sony* was lambasted last spring after it took seven days to disclose that an attack on its video game network had led to what some called t……
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