Beazley: Ransomware Attacks Increasingly Paired With Data Breach March 24, 2020 Ransomware attacks became both more frequent and more brutal in 2019, according to a new report by speciality insurer Beazley....
For Large Companies, Odds Are Even For a Cyberattack This Year March 23, 2020 By Jim Sams For the the top 250 U.S. firms in terms of revenue, the chance of a data breach in any given...
Aon Buys Cytelligence to Bolster Group Handling Cyber Hacks February 4, 2020 By Katherine Chiglinsky Aon Plc bought closely held Canadian firm Cytelligence Inc. to help boost its ability to respond to and investigate attacks...
Wawa Facing Lawsuits Over Data Breach at All of its Stores December 30, 2019 PHILADELPHIA — The Wawa convenience store chain is facing a wave of lawsuits over a data breach that affected its...
Facebook Must Face Data Breach Class Action on Security, But Not Damages December 2, 2019 By Jonathan Stempel A federal judge said up to 29 million Facebook Inc users whose personal information was stolen in a September 2018...
Lawsuit Filed Against Dunkin’ Donuts Over Security Breaches September 30, 2019 NEW YORK — Dunkin’ Donuts failed to notify almost 20,000 customers across the U.S. about cyberattacks on their accounts in...
Jury Indicts Capital One Hacker Suspect on Wire Fraud, Data Theft Charges August 30, 2019 A federal grand jury has indicted the suspected hacker who obtained personal information of over 100 million people in the...
Accused Capital One Hacker’s Volatile History Put Before Judge August 22, 2019 By Erik Larson Federal prosecutors in Seattle have pieced together a string of disturbing social-media posts and police complaints to portray the accused...
Capital One Accused Hacker May Have Hit 30 Other Companies August 15, 2019 By Erik Larson The Seattle woman accused of hacking into Capital One Financial Corp.’s cloud and stealing personal information on more than 100...
Identity Theft Stings, but Hard to Pin on Specific Attacks August 5, 2019 By Anick Jesdanun NEW YORK — Equifax 2017. Marriott 2018. Capital One 2019. Data breaches through hacking attacks are distressingly common these days,...