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Jonathan Vanian Feb 27, 2015 (Jun 11, 2020) -- Ride-sharing data breach

Uber discloses data breach that may have affected 50,000 drivers

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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Technology
David Meyer Feb 27, 2015 (Jun 11, 2020) -- Phone scams follow data theft

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…

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Europe, Technology, Work & Collaboration
Jonathan Vanian Feb 25, 2015 (Jun 11, 2020) -- From Australia to San Jose

Silicon 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…

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Cloud & Infrastructure, Technology
Jonathan Vanian Feb 13, 2015 (Jun 11, 2020) -- Will biz and gov hold hands?

Obama’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…

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Technology
Jonathan Vanian Jan 7, 2015 (Jun 11, 2020) -- Take us at our word

FBI: 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…

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Technology
Jonathan Vanian Jan 2, 2015 (Jun 11, 2020) -- Sanctions for Sony breach

Citing 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…

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Technology
Jeff Roberts Dec 31, 2014 (Jun 11, 2020) -- Go ahead, hack away

Feds 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.…

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Technology, Work & Collaboration
Jonathan Vanian Dec 30, 2014 (Jun 11, 2020) -- Says no to vigilante hacking

FBI 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…

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Technology
Jonathan Vanian Dec 23, 2014 (Jun 11, 2020) -- Cracks in the bank's safe

An 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,…

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Cloud & Infrastructure
Jonathan Vanian Sep 11, 2014 (Jun 11, 2020) -- Blog Post

Veracode 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.…

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Technology
David Meyer Jun 18, 2014 (Jun 10, 2020) -- Blog Post

Gap: 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.…

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Cloud & Infrastructure
David Meyer May 21, 2014 (Jun 10, 2020) -- Blog Post

Change 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.…

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Technology
David Meyer Jan 8, 2014 (Jun 10, 2020) -- Blog Post

Adobe 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.…

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Data Infrastructure, AI & Analytics, Europe, Technology
Eliza Kern Apr 26, 2013 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

LivingSocial 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.…

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Technology
Jeff Roberts Jan 25, 2012 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

Amazon 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……

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Media
Jeff Roberts Jan 17, 2012 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

Amazon 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.…

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Media
Jeff Roberts Oct 12, 2011 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

Sony 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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