Data breach stories - Page 26

Tesla has taken a former employee to court for allegedly hacking company data and handing it over to third parties.

Singapore's Cyber Security Agency highlights a surge in disruption-focused cyber threats in 2017, urging stronger defences amid rising cybercrime cases.

Europol has revealed details surrounding the arrest of a 25-year-old coder who allegedly helped to extort a British organisation.

Optical Center has been fined EUR €250,000 by CNIL for a major data breach affecting 334,000 customers, the largest fine in French history for such an offence.

It's important for healthcare firms to maintain organisation-wide security that is both up-to-date and automated, says Wavelink.

The power grid in modern countries may not be as secure as you think, as reports have emerged revealing hackers have breached Germany's supply.

In 2017, 2.6 billion data records were exposed, mainly due to human error, marking a staggering 580% increase since 2016, Gemalto reports.

Respondents in APAC put forth highest IT budget allocation to security, but overall executives allocate security less than 10% of their budget.

60% of Australian respondents polled in this year's Telstra Security Report 2018 say their business has been interrupted due to a security breach.

Credit card data, medical records, payroll data, intellectual property and tax information are all available publicly online with no data protection.

Barracuda SVP Chris Ross talks about the results of a recent survey they ran following the Facebook fallout to determine the true cost.

A recent study from Gemalto proves it's not just data that is lost following a breach – you'll lose most of your customers too.

A whistleblower has uncovered the practices of his illicit company, which include stealing the details of 50m Facebook users to help Trump's campaign.

After the allegations about Emirates' customer data policies emerged, High-Tech Bridge ran a test on the site's security - with interesting results.

Multiple US officials have announced the intelligence community had evidence that states had been compromised by Russia but didn't tell anyone.

Despite the low level of compliance, Forrester Research says these numbers are in fact 'encouraging' for a number of reasons.

IBM estimates the cost of a data breach is $3.62m, highlighting the importance of encryption - COMPAREX UK's expert on the matter provides his advice.

Experts say while Swisscom may be playing the huge breach down, the implications of the breach will be far and wide.

Octoly was informed of the exposed cloud repository on January 4th, yet the personally identifiable information was not secured until February 1st.

The Cyber Security Agency of Singapore (CSA) has congratulated participants in last year's Cyber Security Challenge UK Masterclass Finals.