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May 9, 2016

Attorney general: Record number of data breaches reported this year

Your personal information is likely in the hands of scammers. That’s the message from security experts as New York State...

May 9, 2016

Study: 23 percent of all data breaches occur in healthcare

A new Brookings Institution study finds that healthcare data breaches are increasing, despite growing public awareness, increased security assurances and...

May 2, 2016

Solano College data breach exposes employee tax information

ROCKVILLE — A data breach Thursday at Solano Community College may have compromised the W-2 data of workers employed by...

April 28, 2016

Verizon’s 2016 Data Breach Investigations Report finds cybercriminals are exploiting human nature

NEW YORK, April 27, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Cybercriminals are continuing to exploit human nature as they rely on familiar attack...

April 25, 2016

Healthcare In Top Spot For Number Of Data Breaches

Malware and unauthorized access remain key dangers for the security of healthcare data. Read more here

April 19, 2016

Majority of Healthcare Data Breaches Caused by Cyberattacks

Cyberattacks were the top cause of healthcare data breaches in 2015, according to a recent study by Symantec Corporation on...

April 13, 2016

Data Breaches Bigger, Worse Than You Think, Report Says

In addition to nine “mega-breaches” of personal data in 2015, tens of millions of personal records were likely exposed or...

April 11, 2016

Panama Papers: Just How Big Is the World’s Biggest Data Leak?

The leak of more than 11.5 million documents from a law firm in Panama that specializes in creating off-shore tax...

April 6, 2016

Hackers Broke Into Hospitals Despite Software Flaw Warnings

The hackers who seriously disrupted operations at a large hospital chain recently and held some data hostage broke into a...

April 1, 2016

Norfolk Admirals’ data breach exposes customers’ names, other information

A hacker posted several thousand Norfolk Admirals customers’ email accounts, addresses and names on Wednesday, but the team’s online security...

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