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Office Of The Comptroller Of The Currency Disclosed A Data Breach

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OCTOBER 31, 2016

The incident occurred in Nov. The OCC, according to WSJ , noted the compromise hasn’t “adversely affected” the agency’s internal operations. which has prompted lawmakers to spend part of 2016 looking into shortfalls in FDIC cybersecurity policies. The employee then retired from the agency.

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T-Mobile Data Breach Puts Personal Data Of 1M+ Customers At Risk

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NOVEMBER 24, 2019

A recent data breach exposed the personal data of more than 1 million prepaid T-Mobile customers, reports said on Friday (Nov. Our cybersecurity team discovered and shut down malicious, unauthorized access to some information related to your T-Mobile prepaid wireless account. We promptly reported this to authorities.

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Applebee’s Hit With POS Data Breach

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MARCH 6, 2018

In addition to engaging third-party cybersecurity experts to assist with our investigation, RMH also notified law enforcement about the incident and will continue to cooperate in their investigation,” the company said in a statement. While the time of each infection varies by location, the cases began on Nov.

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Retail IT Professionals Overconfident About Ability To Stop Attack

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NOVEMBER 4, 2016

Tripwire, a provider of security and compliance solutions for enterprises and industrial organizations, announced Thursday (Nov. 3) a new study that shows retail IT professionals were overconfident in their ability to collect data needed to identify and stop a cyberattack.

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KPMG Combats B2B Payments Fraud With Secure Payments

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NOVEMBER 21, 2019

KPMG is rolling out a new payments security solution targeting B2B payments fraud, the company said Thursday (Nov. A press release said KPMG is collaborating with cybersecurity provider nsKnox to roll out its KPMG Secure Payments tool, distributed and serviced by KPMG Israel.

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Picking Up The Bill On Consumer Trust, Post-Data Breaches

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DECEMBER 5, 2017

The public may learn of data breaches much more promptly if three senators get their way on a proposed Senate bill, the Data Security and Breach Notification Act, which was introduced on Thursday, Nov. In November, the world learned that Uber had been hacked a year earlier, compromising 57 million customers’ and drivers’ data.

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BITAG’s Big Plan To Secure The IoT

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NOVEMBER 28, 2016

The Broadband Technical Advisory Group (BITAG) published a report on Tuesday (Nov. BITAG is a group— comprised of FCC Chief Technologist Dale Hatfield, Google, Intel, Microsoft, Verizon, Comcast and other tech industry giants — that was formed back in 2010 to develop a set of best cybersecurity practices for the tech industry.

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HSBC Discloses Hack Of Some U.S. Customers’ Accounts

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NOVEMBER 6, 2018

bank, disclosed on Tuesday (Nov. Reuters , citing a regulatory filing, reported that HSBC said it’s not clear how many accounts were compromised or if any money was stolen from them. HSBC, the U.K. 6) that some of its U.S. customers had their accounts hacked in October.

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Business Email Scam Not Covered By Cyber Insurance, Canadian Court Rules

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NOVEMBER 7, 2017

The Business Email Compromise (BEC) scam is jeopardizing millions of dollars for businesses of all sizes and industries. As instances of the BEC scam continue to rise, a new challenge for companies could be on the horizon, too, as questions mount over whether such cyberattacks are covered by cybersecurity insurance.

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Darden Cyberattack Puts 567K Cards At Risk

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AUGUST 23, 2018

In a press release , the restaurant chain operator said it was notified on August 16, 2018, by federal authorities that a legacy point-of-sale system for some of its Cheddar’s Scratch Kitchen restaurants, a brand acquired by Darden last year, may have been compromised via a hack that involves restaurants in 23 states. 3, 2017, through Jan.

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July Data Breach Prompts Transfer Of Capital One Security Chief

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NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Capital One ’s chief information security officer (CISO), Michael Johnson, is being transferred to a new position following the bank’s colossal cyberattack in July, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Thursday (Nov. Johnson served as CISO since 2017.

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Glitch Exposes Amazon Customer Emails

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NOVEMBER 21, 2018

In what it described as a “technical error,” Amazon confirmed Wednesday (Nov. ” Reports in CNBC Wednesday noted that even if customer passwords were not compromised, names and emails could still be used by hackers to attempt to reset Amazon accounts or to send phishing emails.

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New WhatsApp Feature Lets SMBs Share Products To Drive Sales

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NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Catalog launched Thursday (Nov. Recently , Facebook filed lawsuit against NSO Group , an Israeli cybersecurity company, alleging that it hacked WhatsApp users. The feature is called catalog, and it will help users share a picture, price, description and link to an item. 7) in the U.S., India, Germany, Brazil, Mexico and the U.K.

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Celebrity Payment Data Hacker Charged

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JUNE 27, 2016

Reuters reported late last week that Peter Locsin, of Talisay City, Philippines, is believed to be behind a cybercrime scheme to compromise the accounts of several well-known individuals at three financial institutions. Attorney for the Central District of California alleges, was behind a phishing scheme between Nov. 2012 and Sept.

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SF Transit Hacker Gets Hacked

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NOVEMBER 30, 2016

San Francisco’s Muni public transit system was reportedly hit by a ransomware attack over the weekend that took the light rail transit offline on Saturday (Nov. According to Krebs, a security researcher said he compromised the inbox of the hacker after seeing a news article on the SFMTA hack.

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Glitch Exposes Amazon Customer Emails

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NOVEMBER 21, 2018

In what it described as a “technical error,” Amazon confirmed Wednesday (Nov. ” Reports in CNBC Wednesday noted that even if customer passwords were not compromised, names and emails could still be used by hackers to attempt to reset Amazon accounts or for phishing emails.

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Office Of The Comptroller Of The Currency Disclosed A Data Breach

T-Mobile Data Breach Puts Personal Data Of 1M+ Customers At Risk

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Applebee’s Hit With POS Data Breach

Retail IT Professionals Overconfident About Ability To Stop Attack

KPMG Combats B2B Payments Fraud With Secure Payments

Picking Up The Bill On Consumer Trust, Post-Data Breaches

BITAG’s Big Plan To Secure The IoT

HSBC Discloses Hack Of Some U.S. Customers’ Accounts

Business Email Scam Not Covered By Cyber Insurance, Canadian Court Rules

Darden Cyberattack Puts 567K Cards At Risk

July Data Breach Prompts Transfer Of Capital One Security Chief

Glitch Exposes Amazon Customer Emails

New WhatsApp Feature Lets SMBs Share Products To Drive Sales

Celebrity Payment Data Hacker Charged

SF Transit Hacker Gets Hacked

Glitch Exposes Amazon Customer Emails

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