A recent analysis of data breaches within California’s government shows that since 2007, state agencies and departments have been compromised over 7300 times. Article Excerpt: An analysis of data collected from California’s Department of Technology shows there have...
Over 300 people attending conferences at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center have had unauthorized charges made to their credit cards. It has been reported that hackers bought gift cards with the stolen credit card data and then resold the gift cards for...
The Washington Post has been hacked again. Employee’s user names and encrypted passwords were accessed, though it doesn’t appear that subscriber information was affected. Article Excerpt: For the second time in recent months, The Washington Post has experienced a...
The Target hack, which became public knowledge on Wednesday, looks to be one of the biggest retail data breaches up to this point. Over 40 million customers have potentially been impacted, and it appears that cyber criminals are already using some of the stolen...
A Minnesota medical clinic employee has fired because she viewed patient records without authorization. The medical facility notified approximately 3800 patients of the breach and offered them free credit monitoring services. Article Excerpt: Allina Health is...
The Bitcoin wallet service website was recently hacked. The site had claimed to be the most secure digital wallet ever created, with 20 different security measures in place. Article Excerpt: An Australian entrepreneur going only by the name TradeFortress responsible...
