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.
Domain name registrar Web.com announced a data breach that could lead to an explosion of phishing scams as the exposed personal information can be connected directly to websites and their owners.
UniCredit suffered a recent data breach which exposed PII of nearly 3 million customers. The bank said there is no stolen banking account information that enables hackers to make unauthorized transactions.
A group of angry shareholders is behind the new Equifax lawsuit which alleged the company has not adequately disclosed risks or security practices that led to the worse data breach violation in history.
