Travelex experienced a malware attack which forced the company to take its website offline and suspend some services for at least two days, creating problems for travelers and business partners.
15 million Canadians’ sensitive personal information was exposed in LifeLabs data breach and the company is now facing a civil lawsuit seeking $1.14 billion dollars in damages.
A major password breach which was first reported this September has just been confirmed by Zynga. It appears that the 170 million affected users were not notified when the original breach news broke.
Rough year for WeWork as cybersecurity researcher discovers an exposed database containing customer contracts and financial data by way of a public Github.
Experian’s seventh annual “Data Breach Industry Forecast 2020,” outlines five key data breach trends to keep an eye on over the next 12 months involving smishing, drones, deepfakes, mobile POS systems and cryptocurrencies.
Leading U.S. retailer Macy’s recent data breach is sparking concerns that the upcoming holiday shopping season could be filled with similar types of data breaches at other retailers.
New research shows that voluntary disclosures about cybersecurity risk can help mitigate the “contagion effect” that often impacts companies in an industry that has just been the victim of a major cyber breach.
In the healthcare industry, data breaches can have real-world consequences beyond just stolen information or compromised data, as research shows long-term increase in patient mortality rates at hospitals.
Another Facebook privacy breach was found through the clean-up of its data privacy practices which involves 100 developers with improper access to Facebook Groups data.
A study was done on the stock market performance of 28 companies that suffered a massive data breach. Even though they do underperform over the long run but not as much as one might think.
