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The Equifax Data Breach: A UK Perspective
2017-10-27 08:03

The latest ISMG Security Report features highlights from last week's panel discussion at the ISMG Fraud and Breach Prevention Summit in London on the implications of the Equifax data breach.

Offshore law firm Appleby confirms data breach
2017-10-26 15:33

Appleby, a major offshore law firm based in Bermuda, has confirmed it has suffered a data security incident in 2016 that resulted in some of their data being compromised. It’s doubtful that the...

Hyatt Hotels Suffers International Payment Card Data Breach
2017-10-13 10:02

15-Week Malware Attack Stole Card Data From 41 Hotels Across 11 CountriesFor the second time in two years, Hyatt Hotels suffered a payment card data breach after attackers infected payment card...

Disqus, Forrester Research suffer data breach
2017-10-09 14:50

Popular blog comment hosting service Disqus and market research company Forrester Research announced late on Friday that they’ve suffered a breach. While the latter was apparently limited to...

It's 3 Billion! Yes, Every Single Yahoo Account Was Hacked In 2013 Data Breach
2017-10-03 23:01

The largest known hack of user data in the history just got tripled in size. Yahoo, the internet company that's acquired by Verizon this year, now believes the total number of accounts compromised...

BREAKING: Equifax CEO Steps Down After of Massive Data Breach
2017-09-26 13:39

[BREAKING NEWS - CHECK BACK FOR UPDATES] - Equifax chairman and CEO Richard Smith stepped down Tuesday, just weeks after the company disclosed a massive data breach that exposed more than 143...

U.S. Watchdog Confirms Probe of Huge Equifax Data Breach
2017-09-14 15:33

A U.S. consumer protection watchdog agency said Thursday it has begun an investigation into a massive data breach at credit bureau Equifax that may have leaked sensitive information on 143 million...

Equifax Suffered Data Breach After It Failed to Patch Old Apache Struts Flaw
2017-09-14 01:38

The massive Equifax data breach that exposed highly sensitive data of as many as 143 million people was caused by exploiting a flaw in Apache Struts framework, which Apache patched over two months...

On the Equifax Data Breach
2017-09-13 17:49

Last Thursday, Equifax reported a data breach that affects 143 million US customers, about 44% of the population. It's an extremely serious breach; hackers got access to full names, Social...

Equifax's Latest Data Breach: Argentina
2017-09-13 10:32

Unsecure Customer Service Portal Exposes National ID NumbersEquifax has a new problem on its hands: Argentina. Investigators with security consultancy Hold Security discovered that Equifax's...