Hackers Steal Data From 4.5M Hospital-Chain Patients
Chinese hackers stole social security numbers, names and addresses from 4.5 million patients of Community Health Systems Inc., the second-biggest for-profit U.S. hospital chain, according to the...
View ArticleHome Depot Breach Will Likely Fuel Card and Account Fraud
Home Depot Inc.’s data breach, which put about 56 million payment cards at risk, has fed fraudulent transactions that in some cases have drained money from customer bank accounts, the Wall Street...
View ArticleGeneral Motors Appoints First Cybersecurity Chief
General Motors Co on Tuesday named an engineer to serve as its first cybersecurity chief as the No. 1 U.S. automaker and its rivals come under increasing pressure to better secure their vehicles...
View ArticleJPMorgan Hackers Linked to Attacks at 13 Other Financial Firms
The hackers who raided the data banks of JPMorgan Chase & Co. used computers now linked to possible attacks on at least 13 more financial companies, according to a person familiar with the...
View ArticleSmall Businesses Face Big Danger From Hackers
It’s not just big businesses like JPMorgan Chase, Target and Home Depot that get hacked. Small companies suffer from intrusions into their computer systems, too. The costs associated with computer and...
View ArticleFlorida Colleges Rushing to Create Cyber Soldiers
Target. Home Depot. Sony Pictures. The now infamous computer hacks infuriated consumers who had personal information compromised and Hollywood honchos who had embarrassing emails made public. But...
View ArticleReport Reveals Automakers Not Protecting Against Hackers
Automakers are cramming cars with wireless technology, but they have failed to adequately protect those features against the real possibility that hackers could take control of vehicles or steal...
View ArticleHackers Stole Nearly $1B From Banks Across the Globe
A hacking ring has stolen up to $1 billion from banks around the world in what would be one of the biggest banking breaches known, a cybersecurity firm says in a report scheduled to be delivered...
View ArticleCommentary: Strategies to Keep SIU Focus on Point
Like a prize fighter waiting for the opportunity to land the right punch, Special Investigative Units (SIU) investigate questionable cases with the goal of shutting down a fraudulent claim or scheme....
View ArticleTarget Plans to Settle Data Breach Claims That Impacted 100M
Target Corp. agreed to settle with more than 100 million customers whose personal information may have been breached in a database hack in 2013, among the biggest to hobble retailers and banks in...
View ArticleLawmakers Push for Retaliation Against Hackers who Stole Worker Data
The Obama administration should retaliate for a cyberattack on federal employee records that was the worst breach the U.S. government has ever suffered, members of Congress said on Sunday. “There has...
View ArticleCyber Ring Made $100M on Stolen News Releases by Phishing
In late October 2013, Panera Bread Co., the national chain of restaurants that specializes in healthy soups and baked goods, prepared a news release to announce it was adjusting its earnings...
View ArticleEven When Deleted, Online Information Isn’t Gone
The Ashley Madison hack is a big reminder to all Web users: If you submit private data online, chances are it will never fully be deleted. The hackers, who stole the data about a month ago and then...
View ArticleEducation Tech Companies Get Lots of Personal Data on Students
What kid wouldn’t want to be able to create an electronic science fair poster, with photos and embedded video, using their smartphone – all on the morning bus ride on the day it’s due? Glogster EDU...
View ArticleSEC Determines No Enforcement Action Over Target’s Data Breach
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission won’t pursue an enforcement action against Target Corp. after hackers stole data on 40 million credit and debit cards during the 2013 holiday shopping...
View ArticleFederal Spending Bill Contains Major Cyber Security Legislation
Companies that share data with the U.S. government for cyber security purposes will get more protection from consumer lawsuits under a measure piggybacked onto a massive federal spending bill unveiled...
View ArticlePentagon Challenges Hackers to Test its Cybersecurity
Uncle Sam is looking for a few good hackers. As part of an effort to test its cybersecurity, the U.S. Defense Department is challenging computer geeks from the private sector to hack its public...
View ArticleHospitals Ignored Software Flaw Warnings Allowing Hackers Access to Systems
The hackers who seriously disrupted operations at a large hospital chain recently and held some data hostage broke into a computer server left vulnerable despite urgent public warnings since at least...
View ArticleRussia, China Remain Greatest Cyberthreats, but Iran is of Growing Concern
Russia and China present the greatest cyber security threat to the U.S., but Iran is trying to increase and spend more on its capabilities, the Navy admiral in charge of the military’s Cyber Command...
View ArticleOhio Air Force Base Trains Cyber Army
Cyber hackers bent on chaos could potentially attack water treatment and chemical plants, power grids, financial institutions and disable weapon systems, and have stolen personal data of millions of...
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