Data breach stories - Page 24

Bitglass research reveals 38% of Fortune 500 firms lack a CISO, exposing vulnerabilities. Public trust now hinges on solid cybersecurity credentials.

Edwards has a clear message: If New Zealand businesses undermine the issue of privacy, they will ruin their business.

More than 27 million individuals were affected by breaches of protected health information, according to Bitglass.

In 2018, hackers breached a NordVPN server at a Finnish data centre, but the company insists no user data was compromised.

Human error is the leading cause of data breaches in the UK, with the healthcare sector being the most affected, according to a new report.

Data breaches are costing companies an average of $3.92 million, according to a study by IBM, forcing organisations to step up their cybersecurity efforts.

Air New Zealand says information relating to membership profiles may have been visible on internal documents as a result of the breach.

Heavy fines of GBP £183.39 million for British Airways and GBP £99.2 million for Marriott underscore the critical need for immediate cybersecurity investment.

The United States Customs and Border Protection agency has been responsible for the leaking of tens of thousands of images of travellers and license plates.

One in three CEOs would fire staff responsible for a data breach, finds Nominet's report on the cyber challenges and leadership gaps facing large enterprises.

Flipboard suffered a major data breach, compromising users' names, email addresses, and passwords. The breach went unnoticed for over nine months.

This follows the opposition party's unexpected release of details of the Government's Budget, which were due to be made public on Thursday.

Salesforce faces backlash after a major outage left EU and North America customers' data vulnerable, with permissions issues causing significant disruptions.

Binance has been hacked, losing 7000 Bitcoin (USD $41 million) from its BTC hot wallet. Customer funds remain safe, covered by its Secure Asset Fund.

Egress conducted a survey to examine the root causes of employee-driven data breaches, their frequency, and impact.

Kathmandu is notifying potentially affected customers directly and has advised them to change their passwords for its online loyalty programme.

Citrix learnt of a data breach only after the FBI alerted them, suspecting international cybercriminals accessed their network using 'password spraying'.

Of the 11.5 million individuals affected by healthcare breaches in 2018, 67% had their information exposed by hacking and IT incidents.

Redscan's data reveals most data breach reports were late and incomplete, and that GDPR is not necessarily the panacea solution.

617 million records from sites like MyFitnessPal, Whitepages, and Fotolog are being sold on the dark web for BTC $20,000. Passwords are encrypted.