Security News

What Comes Next in the CareFirst Data Breach Case?
2018-02-28 21:48

Now that the Supreme Court has declined to review a case stemming from a 2014 cyberattack on CareFirst Blue Cross Blue Shield, what comes next? Attorney Patricia Carreiro analyzes the potential...

Supreme Court Won't Review CareFirst Data Breach Case
2018-02-20 21:33

Case Now Heads Back to Lower Court for Potential TrialThe Supreme Court has declined to review the data breach case involving CareFirst, and so now the class action lawsuit against the health...

Aetna Breach Case Gets Messier
2018-02-12 21:33

New Lawsuits Filed in the Wake of 2017 Mailing MishapA case involving a 2017 privacy breach that has already cost health insurer Aetna about $20 million in legal settlements is getting messier....

Equifax Breach: Worse Than Advertised
2018-02-12 14:03

Digital Forensic Investigators Find Hackers Stole Even More Personal DataHackers stole even more information than previously reported last year in the massive breach of Equifax, the credit bureau...

New Details Surface on Equifax Breach
2018-02-12 10:07

Documents provided recently by Equifax to senators revealed that the breach suffered by the company last year may have involved types of data not mentioned in the initial disclosure of the...

Swisscom Breach Hits 800,000 Customers
2018-02-08 16:39

Swiss telecoms giant Swisscom on Wednesday said it had tightened security controls after suffering a data breach that affected roughly 800,000 of its customers. read more

Data of 800,000 Swisscom customers compromised in breach
2018-02-08 15:58

Swisscom, the biggest telecom company in Switzerland, has suffered a data breach that resulted in the compromise of personal data of some 800,000 customers, i.e., nearly ten percent of the entire...

Uber: 'No Justification' for Breach Cover-Up
2018-02-08 10:18

CISO Says Characterizing Payoff as Bug Bounty Was WrongUber CISO John Flynn tells a U.S. Senate subcommittee that the company should have told the public sooner about its 2016 data breach. He says...

Partners HealthCare Breach: Why So Long to Confirm?
2018-02-07 20:18

Malware Incident Took Months to InvestigateA malware incident at Partners HealthCare that was detected last spring but was only recently determined to have exposed patient data illustrates that...