personal data News

Advanced Technology Creates New Data Breach Risks

The Privacy Rights Clearinghouse indicates that more than 613 million records have been breached since 2005. The variety of ways information can be accessed has increased the number of ways information breaches can occur, according to panelists speaking at the …

Sony Hires Firms to Clean Up After Breach

Sony has hired outside investigators to help clean its networks and catch the people behind a massive breach that exposed the personal data of more than 100 million video game users. The Japanese electronics giant has retained a team from …

Furor at Sony After Hackers Steal Playstation Online User Data

Sony Corp warned that hackers had stolen names, addresses and possibly credit card details from the 77 million user accounts of its video game online network, in one of the largest Internet security break-ins ever. The Japanese electronic giant pulled …