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February 9, 2016

Majority of 2015 Healthcare Data Breaches are Due to IT Hacking

The number of hacking incidents causing healthcare data breaches jumped from 53% in 2014 to 98% in 2015, this Redspin...

February 9, 2016

Encryption has it’s place but isn’t foolproof

Most encrypted data is unencrypted at some point in its lifecycle -- and the bad guys are pretty good at...

February 8, 2016

Hacker plans to dump alleged details of 20,000 FBI, 9,000 DHS employees

A hacker, who wishes to remain anonymous, plans to dump the apparent names, job titles, email addresses and phone numbers...

February 4, 2016

University of Central Florida data breach: 63,000 social security numbers compromised

The University of Central Florida said unauthorized access to its computer network has resulted in an unprecedented data breach of...

February 3, 2016

Bridgewater Restaurant affected in massive credit card breach

Bridgewater, NJ -- Locals who dined at Mcormick & Schmick’s in Bridgewater may be at risk for credit fraud. Read...

February 2, 2016

Get your privacy house in order, or 2016 will hit your business hard

Now that we’re firmly settled in the Age of the Customer, it’s time to take stock of the factors that...

January 30, 2016

Education Ministry Security failings blamed for massive student data breach

B.C.'s Education Ministry failed to properly provide adequate security surrounding the personal information of 3.4 million students and teachers, an...

January 28, 2016

Centene data breach underscores escalating problem

Another health insurer is facing a major healthcare data breach. Centene Corp. says it is missing six computer hard disk...

January 27, 2016

Data Loss at HMRC

If HMRC gets hacked, and its users’ data gets compromised, it could face compensation claims of more than £13 billion,...

January 27, 2016

Wendy’s latest victim of data breach

The fast food chain Wendy's (NASDAQ: WEN) is investigating reports of a possible breach of credit card data, making it...

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