In November, cyber crooks told services company Allied Universal that they would make its files public if the company didn’t pay a ransom. Allied refused and...
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Credit bureau Experian has rolled out the 2020 edition of its annual Data Breach Industry Forecast. The report predicts hackers will increasingly target the...
Hackers have once again successfully compromised the website of Chinese phone manufacturer OnePlus. Back in January 2018 it was revealed that the credit card...
American department store chain Macy’s has suffered an embarrassing data breach, leaving hackers with access to customers’ personal and financial information...
The number of reported data breaches in Canada increased six-fold after the country implemented new breach-reporting regulations under a federal private sector...
Italian banking giant UniCredit has suffered a “data incident” that exposed 3 million customer records, including full names, phone numbers and email addresses...
California is changing its Information Practices Act of 1977 to expand the definition of personal information with additional identifiers, including biometric...
Players of the popular Words with Friends and Draw Something smartphone games are being advised to change their passwords following what sounds like a security...
Choice Hotels, a hospitality franchisor based in Maryland that owns chains such as Comfort Inn, MainStay Suites, Econo Lodge and Cambria Hotels, has suffered a...
Cybercriminals sponsored by the Chinese government allegedly infiltrated the Australian National University’s (ANU’s) systems in 2018 and were probably roaming...