Articles Tagged with ''data theft''

Target is looking for a new chief information officer following the resignation of CIO and executive VP of technology services Beth Jacob.

Brazilian hackers are threatening to disrupt the World Cup with attacks ranging from jamming websites to data theft.

Democratic lawmakers called for a congressional inquiry into the hacking of credit and debit card data of Target customers.

Shoppers who used credit cards or debit cards at Target between November 27 and December 15, 2013 may have been hacked.

Hackers reportedly stole 42 million customer records, including email addresses and clear-text passwords, from Cupid Media’s network of dating websites. A file containing the Cupid Media user data was found on the same server where hackers also stored millions of records stolen from Adobe, PR Newswire, the U.S. National White Collar Crime Center and other organizations.

Visitors to the upcoming Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia, will be able to access the Internet faster and in more places than any previous Olympics, all for free to guests. However Russia’s FSB security service is reportedly installing a sweeping and invasive surveillance service to ensure that they will be able to intercept, read and even filter every digital communication passing through the city’s telephone and Internet networks during the game, leading to many security experts suggesting that visitors leave their devices at home.

The cost, frequency and time to resolve cyberattacks continue to rise for the fourth consecutive year, says a report by the Ponemon Institute.

The estimated loss of thousands of cell phones could result in the loss of 214.4 terabytes of data – the equivalent 214.4 million books.