The UK has announced the first fine against a National Health Service unit for a breach in violation of the Data Protection Act. The Aneurin Bevan Health Board in Wales was fined £70,000 by the Information Commissioner's Office for sending sensitive patient information to the wrong person.
Payments processor First Data warns about an uptick in trolling - hackers sniffing networks for easy access to merchants' point-of-sale systems. What can banks do to help merchants prevent breaches?
The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner has released new guidance for agencies and organizations to respond effectively to data breaches.
Symantec says Internet vulnerabilities are down, but don't get too comfortable. We can expect more attacks in 2012. Why are the same threats still posing so much concern?
If you handle critical data, you've got to be humble, advises Bob Carr, CEO of breached processor Heartland Payments System. "Anyone that thinks they're not going to be breached is being naïve."
In this week's breach roundup, read about the latest breaches, including a former S.C. state employee arrested for taking Medicaid information and a malware incident at Nissan.
Even while working to re-establish its own PCI compliance, breached payments processor Global Payments Inc. is helping merchants assess and improve their payment card security.
Gartner fraud expert Avivah Litan shares ideas about how lessons learned from the Global Payments data breach can help security practitioners mitigate card-fraud risks and prevent future incidents.
In this week's breach roundup, read about the latest breaches, including a hacking incident in Iran affecting 3 million and an incident at Emory Healthcare involving 10 missing backup disks with information on 350,000.
A court has granted final approval of the settlement of a class action lawsuit against University of Hawaii stemming from five data breaches over a three-year period that affected nearly 96,000 individuals.
To expose security flaws in Iran's banking system, one hacker took an extreme step: He stole details on 3 million debit accounts. One fraud expert warns that similar hacktivist attacks are likely worldwide.
With many questions surrounding the Global Payments breach left unanswered, how should card issuers respond to customers' concerns? ID theft expert Neal O'Farrell offers communications tips.
What's the best strategy for communications after a data breach, like the one suffered by Global Payments Inc.? Bob Carr, CEO of Heartland Payment Systems, discusses what to say in the weeks following a breach.
Gartner analyst Avivah Litan questions whether the security vulnerabilities that led to a breach that exposed 1.5 million cards may be linked to long-standing security issues at Global Payments.
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