Possible Data Breach Detected at Goodwill
For bargain shoppers and cluttered homeowners alike, Goodwill is something of a godsend. If you have too many clothes, furniture pieces and old toys taking up room in your house and you need to clear...
View ArticleAnnual Cost of ID Theft and Data Breaches in U.S. Reaches $25 Billion
After a string of high-profile data breaches and cyber thefts this past year - ranging from the tens of millions of compromised credit cards swiped at Target to the 145 million user accounts at EBay -...
View ArticleNew York Saw Record High Number of Data Breaches in 2013
Cases of cyber fraud and identity theft have been steadily rising throughout the country over the last years, but New York was hit particularly hard in 2013, with a new report pointing to last year as...
View ArticleProtecting Yourself Against the Inevitable Data Breach
Over just the past decade, identity theft, data breaches and overall cybercrime have grown from curiosities and nuisances to major corporate and consumer threats. With digital copies of our personal...
View ArticleProtecting Your Credit Card in the Data Breach Age
While there's probably a more fitting, and less cynical, name for this past decade than "the Data Breach Age," it's hard to deny just how ubiquitous and devastating these cybercrimes have become in...
View ArticleClass-Action Lawsuit Launched Against eBay for Data Breach
Earlier this year, eBay - one of the internet's largest online shopping and consumer-facing businesses - became the latest victim of the cybercrime trend that seems to be making the rounds through...
View ArticleThe Top 3 Data Breaches of 2014
Typically, news outlets will write up mid-year lists where they tally up what they consider the best movies of the year so far, the best albums, the best books, TV shows and so on. So at first glance,...
View ArticleTwo More of 2014’s Worst Data Breaches
Earlier this week, we shared with you just a handful of the worst data breaches seen so far in 2014. As far as awards shows go, these aren't exactly the Oscars, and one may wonder why anyone would even...
View ArticleHow Long Does It Take for Hackers to be Discovered in a System?
How long do hackers have to infiltrate company systems before they are caught?Considering the recent increase in reported breaches, it is natural for individuals to want to know what happens to their...
View ArticleTop 10 Data Breaches of 2015: Part One
2015 was a tumultuous year for data breaches. Between the infamous Ashley Madison hack to millions of customers being affected by a security breach for Blue Cross Blue Shield, the public learned a lot...
View ArticleTop 10 Data Breaches of 2015: Part Two
2015 was a tumultuous year for data breaches. Between the infamous Ashley Madison hack and millions of customers being affected by a security breach for Blue Cross Blue Shield, the public learned a lot...
View ArticleHealth Care Data Security Still Lags Behind
Despite looming security threats, health care still seems to be lagging behind in its digital defenses. With the number of data breaches that struck the industry in the past year, these security gaps...
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