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Los Angeles Police Breach Exposes Data of Officers, Applicants
- Saturday, 03 August 2019
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A breach of Los Angeles city computers last month potentially affected the personal information of roughly 20,000 applicants to the police force, including hundreds of current officers. So reports the Los Angeles Times.
Read more...Capital One Data Breach Affects 100 Million, Suspect Arrested
- Saturday, 03 August 2019
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Capital One has confirmed a massive data breach that exposed the personal data of 100 million people and led to the arrest of an alleged hacker. So reports The New York Times.
Read more...Evite Data Breach Wider Than Previously Thought
- Friday, 19 July 2019
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More users were affected by a recently revealed data breach at Evite than was originally understood. So reports Bleeping Computer.
Read more...California Auditor Warns of Information Security Lapses
- Friday, 19 July 2019
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Some California state agencies need to do more to protect the security of the data they collect and store, a new report by the state auditor has found. So reports the Associated Press.
Read more...Sprint Warns Customers of Data Breach
- Friday, 19 July 2019
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Sprint has confirmed a data breach affecting an unknown number of customers. So reports NBC News.
Read more...Medical Testing Data Breach Adds Another 2.2 Million Patients
- Friday, 19 July 2019
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Clinical Pathology Laboratories (CPL) has become the latest medical testing company to reveal it was affected by a massive data breach at billing service American Medical Collection Agency. So reports TechCrunch.
Read more...Cloud Service Provider PCM Inc. Suffers Data Breach: Report
- Saturday, 06 July 2019
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PCM Inc., a U.S.-based cloud services provider, has sustained a breach that let hackers into some clients’ email and file-sharing systems. So reports Krebs on Security.
Read more...Facebook Fails to Dodge Data-breach Lawsuit
- Saturday, 06 July 2019
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Facebook must face a lawsuit over a breach that affected almost 30 million users. So reports Bloomberg.
Read more...FDA Warns Insulin Pump Users of Cyber Risks Amid Recall
- Saturday, 06 July 2019
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The Food and Drug Administration has warned insulin pump users and healthcare providers that certain devices could be vulnerable to hackers. So reports The Washington Post.
Read more...Ex-Equifax Exec Gets Prison for Insider Trading Related to Data Breach
- Saturday, 06 July 2019
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A former executive at Equifax, which admitted a huge data breach in 2017, is headed to prison. So reports CNET.
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