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Data Breaches

Gawker breach prompts LinkedIn, Yahoo password resets

Angela Moscaritolo December 16, 2010

The recent theft of approximately 1.3 million account details from the servers of Gawker has prompted password resets at a number of popular websites.

Hundreds of thousands affected in latest Ohio State breach

Angela Moscaritolo December 16, 2010

The Ohio State University (OSU) has notified hundreds of thousands of students and faculty members that their personal information was compromised by hackers who broke into a campus server.

Twitter spam campaign linked to Gawker breach

Angela Moscaritolo December 13, 2010

A massive spam campaign that has rapidly spread on Twitter has been linked to a recent security breach of online media company Gawker Media.

Colorado county files mistakenly posted online

Angela Moscaritolo December 07, 2010

More than 20 years worth of personal and investigative Sheriff's Department records from Mesa County, Colo. were inadvertently posted online, where they remained for several months.

Bad medicine: Can poor data security result in death?

Charles Jeter, ESET cybercrime investigator November 29, 2010

Medical records could become compromised during transmission, on the patient's computer, or at any number of multiple points of storage.

Distributed breaches increase this year

Angela Moscaritolo November 10, 2010

A breach rivaling Heartland Payment Systems may not have occurred in 2010, but that doesn't mean organizations still aren't getting hit hard.

Breaches cost health care industry $6 billion annually

Angela Moscaritolo November 09, 2010

Despite facing stricter privacy and security regulations, hospitals still are struggling to protect patient information, and breaches cost the health care industry $6 billion annually, according to a new study.

University of Hawaii suffers second breach this year

Angela Moscaritolo October 29, 2010

The sensitive information of tens of thousands of former University of Hawaii students was inadvertently posted online, where it remained for nearly a year before being removed.

Costs and causes of data-loss incidents to be discussed

Greg Masters October 20, 2010

Todd Thibodeaux, president and CEO of CompTIA, will present research from a recent study, which looks at causes and costs involved with IT security breaches.

Former Pennsylvania CISO to share challenges, tips

Greg Masters October 20, 2010

Bob Maley, former CISO of the state of Pennsylvania, will address data protection strategies at the upcoming SC World Congress.

Personal data on Tamil refugees exposed

Danny Bradbury October 08, 2010

A computer containing the names of Tamil refugees has been stolen from the offices of the Canadian Tamil Congress.

Geek squad vs. mod squad: Should use policy become a federal beef?

Charles Jeter, ESET cybercrime investigator September 16, 2010

Should violations of corporate computer use policy be a federal crime, asks Charles Jeter, ESET cybercrime investigator.

Data on thousands of NYC college students on stolen laptop

Angela Moscaritolo September 07, 2010

The personal information belonging to thousands of New York college students was stored on a computer that was stolen.

Delaware retirees' personal information posted on state website

Angela Moscaritolo August 31, 2010

The personal information of Delaware state retirees was included in a request for proposal that made its way onto the state's website for five days before it was discovered and removed.

New Zeus botnet steals 60 GB of sensitive data

Angela Moscaritolo August 02, 2010

A new, difficult-to-dismantle Zeus botnet is responsible for stealing more than 60 gigabytes of personal data from the 55,000 compromised computers under its control, researchers at AVG said Monday.

Up the Digital River without a paddle

Charles Jeter July 12, 2010

An alleged breach in Digital River's data stream brings to light the harsh world of improperly conducted security updates as well as complex cyber-ethical legal issues.

Protecting databases: Interview with Thom VanHorn, vice president of marketing for Application Security Inc.

Angela Moscaritolo June 24, 2010

SC Magazine's Angela Moscaritolo learns from Application Security Inc.'s Thom VanHorn of the latest trends around database security. A majority of the attacks come from insiders, but external attacks are quite prevalent as well. For example, government databases undergo constant "probing" from adversaries.

Security budgets stable or increasing at financial firms

Angela Moscaritolo June 18, 2010

Drivers such as compliance and insider threats are helping to keep information security budgets at financial institutions alive and well, according to a new study.

FTC working on new privacy guidelines

Angela Moscaritolo April 28, 2010

By the end of the summer, the FTC hopes to release a set of "guiding principles" outlining how businesses should handle certain privacy issues.

Pennsylvania CISO out of a job following RSA Conference appearance

Dan Kaplan March 11, 2010

Bob Maley, the former CISO of Pennsylvania, may have been fired because of remarks he made about a recent breach affecting the state.

Solid state: A new state data breach regulation

Greg Masters March 01, 2010

A new privacy regulation in Massachusetts evokes anxiety for many, but getting in line may prove to be no big deal, reports Greg Masters.

Is increased government regulation the answer to increased privacy protection?

Glen Kosaka, director of marketing, Trend Micro February 25, 2010

Data breaches involving privacy information continue to increase despite the costs, embarrassment and negative publicity associated with them.

FTC notifies 100 organizations about P2P leaks

Angela Moscaritolo February 22, 2010

The Federal Trade Commission announced Monday it alerted nearly 100 companies, both small and large, that their sensitive data was leaked on file-sharing networks.

Valdosta State University server improperly accessed

Angela Moscaritolo February 22, 2010

The IT department recently discovered that a school server containing personal information of students and faculty was accessed by an individual without authorization.

Sensitive laptops stolen from Fla. health insurance provider

Angela Moscaritolo February 11, 2010

The theft of two company laptops from Florida- based health insurance provider, AvMed Health Plans, may have exposed the personal information of current and former subscribers and their dependents.

Hackers accesses Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission database

Angela Moscaritolo February 03, 2010

Hackers, believed to be from China, gained access to an Iowa government database, which contained the personal information of current and former employees of Iowa's casino and racing industries.

Laptop containing UCSF medical school patient information stolen

Angela Moscaritolo February 01, 2010

A laptop containing sensitive patient information was recently stolen from an employee of the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) School of Medicine.

Data breaches cost organizations $204 per record in 2009

Angela Moscaritolo January 25, 2010

A new Ponemon Institute study found that the number of data breaches caused by malicious attacks and botnets doubled last year, compared to 2008.

Thief steals 57 hard drives from BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee

Angela Moscaritolo January 22, 2010

Stolen computer hard drives belonging to BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee contained sensitive member information.

Stolen external drive contained Kaiser Permanente patient info

Angela Moscaritolo January 13, 2010

An external drive, containing the personal information of thousands of Kaiser Permanente Northern California patents, was recently stolen from an employee's car.