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U.S. Banking Regulator Hit by 54 Breaches in 2015, 2016
2017-10-09 10:47

The U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) in the last two years may have suffered as many as 54 data breaches involving personally identifiable information (PII), revealed a report...

Following Disqus Breach, Expert Discloses More Old Breaches
2017-10-09 10:18

Data From Reverb Nation, Bitly and Kickstarter Belatedly Surfaces; More ComingThe commenting platform Disqus is resetting passwords after discovering that its database was breached in 2012. The...

When it comes to data breaches, consumers don’t know where to turn
2017-10-04 13:45

The results of a new Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC) study on consumer perceptions and behaviors in response to identity theft and data breaches demonstrate widespread uncertainty among...

Hackers Say Humans Most Responsible for Security Breaches (Security Week)
2017-08-11 11:43

Hackers Say Humans Are the Weakpoint and That Traditional Defenses Cannot Protect Them read more

'Wall of Shame' Hits New Milestone for Health Data Breaches (InfoRiskToday)
2017-08-09 20:33

Analysis: What the Latest Breach Statistics MeanThe federal tally that lists major health data breaches has hit a new milestone: More than 2,000 breaches have been reported since September 2009....

Imperative: Detect Data Breaches More Quickly (InfoRiskToday)
2017-08-08 16:03

Watch for These Clues, Says Cyber adAPT's Paul WhiteData breach truism: So many organizations get breached, and remain breached, but don't find out until months or even years later, says Paul...

2,227 Breaches Exposed 6 Billion Records in First Half of 2017: Report (Security Week)
2017-07-26 12:52

More than 6 billion records were exposed as as result of the 2,227 data breaches that were reported in the first six months of 2017, according to a new report from Risk Based Security. read more

6+ billion records exposed in data breaches in first half of 2017 (Help Net Security)
2017-07-25 20:19

There have been 2,227 publicly disclosed data compromise events since the beginning of the year through June 30th, according to Risk Based Security. While this is in keeping with the number of...

As GDPR approaches, retail data breaches remain unacceptably high (Help Net Security)
2017-07-24 12:15

Two in five retailers across the globe have experienced a data breach in the past year, according to Thales and 451 Research. The report reveals that 43 percent of retailers had experienced a data...

US data breaches surge, businesses and healthcare organizations hit hardest (Help Net Security)
2017-07-18 20:22

The number of US data breaches tracked through June 30, 2017 hit a half-year record high of 791, according to recent numbers released by the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC). This represents...