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«Yahoo's failure to have controls and procedures in place to assess its cyber disclosure obligations ended up leaving its investors totally in the dark about a massive data breach,» Jina Choi, director of the SEC's San Francisco regional office, said in a statement.

In March 2018, news surfaced of a data breach that resulted in data of about 50 million Facebook users getting into the hands of voter - targeting consultancy Cambridge AnalyticIn March 2018, news surfaced of a data breach that resulted in data of about 50 million Facebook users getting into the hands of voter - targeting consultancy Cambridge Analyticin data of about 50 million Facebook users getting into the hands of voter - targeting consultancy Cambridge Analytica.

A senior Yahoo executive addressed a massive security incident on Wednesday, offering additional details about a breach that saw hackers steal personal data from more than 500 million customer accounts in late 2014.

Take a spin through the infographic to learn about some of the other data breaches in history and an explanation of how they happened.

A recentAccenture report projects that 1 in 13 patients (about 25 million people) will be a victim of medical ID theft due to provider data breaches.

The data breach, which occurred in October 2016, was not made public until November when Uber quietly published a blog post about the incident.

Consumers have been bombarded by bad news about digital security this year, most recently the massive Equifax data breach revealed in September.

«Obviously I am incredibly angry about this data breach and we will institute a thorough review of our relationship with Experian,» T - Mobile Chief Executive John Legere said in a note to customers posted on the company's website.

The historical app audit was announced in the wake of last month's revelations about how much Facebook data Cambridge Analytica was given by app developer (and Cambridge University academic), Dr Aleksandr Kogan — in what the company couched as a «breach of trust».

Facebook found out about Cambridge Analytica's breach in 2015, but it didn't notify users who had their data taken without their permission.

Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) brought up specific potential rules and regulations — the Honest Ads Act, which she and other lawmakers put forth in October to institute new rules on political ads, and the idea of requiring companies to inform users of a data breach within 72 hours, which is in a European law that is about to be instituted.

But the scope and scale of the data mishandling, coupled with Facebook's failure to inform users when it found about the policy breach in 2015 have played very badly with markets and users alike...

Pressed on why he didn't inform users, in 2015, when Facebook says it found out about this policy breach, Zuckerberg avoided a direct answer — instead fixing on what the company did (asked Cambridge Analytica and the developer whose app was used to suck out data to delete the data)-- rather than explaining the thinking behind the thing it did not do (tell affected Facebook users their personal information had been misappropriated).

SAN FRANCISCO Uber on Thursday plans to announce changes to how it rewards cyber researchers who report flaws in its software, a company executive told Reuters, as part of the ride - hailing firm's response to concerns raised about the way it handled a data breach in 2016.

In 2014, Target and Neiman Marcus were hit with similar criticism for not going public about credit card data breaches until a third - party cybersecurity blog needled the retailers into coming forward.

April 12 West Virginia's attorney general on Thursday said he had sued Equifax Inc for failing to safeguard its consumer information and delaying in alerting the public to a data breach that exposed the personal data of about 148 million people.

The social network giant reported about 2.2 billion monthly active users in March, the same month that a data breach affecting about 87 million Facebook users was revealed

Potts said in the legislature on April 12 that the bill «was something that came about as a result of conversations I'd had with many people... on the aspect of the bill relating to credit reporting scores, and particularly in relation to when we saw a breach of data from a credit reporting agency.»

In a recent article, Vision Critical CEO Scott Miller said GDPR, together with the many headlines about data breaches, means customers will become increasingly more sensitive about the data they share.

Fallout continues from the Equifax scandal, in which up to 140 million Americans — about 43 percent of the total population — had personal data exposed due to a breach discovered on July 29.

Graber may know a lot more about data breaches than the average lawyer — he is a key lawyer for plaintiffs in the massive data breach at Anthem Inc. that «compromised the personal identification and health information of more than 80 million customers of the health care company,» according to the law firm.

Suppliers need to be more diligent in their data protection and much prompter about reporting breaches; the scandal in which Uber took 13 months to reveal a hack of 57 million customer records was only the latest reminder.

Every day the scandal only seems to grow in scale as new details emerge about the largest data breach in Facebook's history and their part in it.

My definition of «data» was inclusive: the piece wove the DNC VoteBuilder data breach, Clinton's email server, Russian hacks and fake news into a narrative about political data gone bad, ending with something you might hear in a freshman philosophy class:

Last month the Commons» human rights committee said it had grave concerns about government protocol in its examination of 18 separate data security breaches.

In January, a data breach exposed personal information of about 52 students in five New York schools, leading to an investigation by New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's officIn January, a data breach exposed personal information of about 52 students in five New York schools, leading to an investigation by New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's officin five New York schools, leading to an investigation by New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's office.

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The additional release will likely ratchet up the pressure on the company, which has been quiet about exactly how much and what sort of data was stolen in a breach in July.

With data security the hot topic in the dating industry at the moment, the Online Dating Association has announced a seminar all about protecting your site from harmful security breaches.

There are also concerns about the security of personal data in general — consider the data breach at Target last year.

Develop clear policies about what student information is collected, how that data is used, to whom the data is disclosed, and each party's responsibilities in the event of a data breach

In the past hour, The Register has heard from readers who have only just been informed about the huge data breach.

Whatever the reason, student loan debt is obviously a legitimate source of stress and worry, because consumers are more concerned about repaying their student loans than having their data stolen in a breach — which can have troubling ramifications.

Interestingly, student debtors were more concerned about their personal data getting breached through a site like Facebook when compared to their financial information getting stolen in an instance like the Orbitz credit card hack.

As you probably already know, the recent data breach of the credit bureau Equifax has exposed the personal information of over 143 million Americans.1 Likely to be included in that group is a surprising number of college... Read Article about How the Equifax breach can affect college students

When these events happen (data breaches), the media, and in turn the public, seem to lose their minds about everything from their finances to their personal information, to even their basic banking accounts.

The breach of personal data on more than 143 million customers Equifax revealed in September was followed in mid-March by the news that an executive insider - traded stock before the public was notified about the breach.

If you're worried about being affected by a data security breach, having an EMV card in your wallet can give you more peace of mind.

Following the Equifax data breach in 2017, many customers started talking about the possibility of a credit freeze: a simple step they were hoping would prevent identity theft.

In the face of several recent major data breaches and increasing consumer concern about payment security, MasterCard is putting in place new measures to protect cardholderIn the face of several recent major data breaches and increasing consumer concern about payment security, MasterCard is putting in place new measures to protect cardholderin place new measures to protect cardholders.

Equifax breach: In September 2017, Equifax, one of three major credit reporting agencies, announced hackers obtained the sensitive data of about 143 million Americans, or about 44 % of the population.

Equifax recently suffered one of the largest data breaches in U.S. history, and with approximately 143 million people affected, it's easy to worry about the safety of your identity.

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If you're worried about being affected by a data security breach, having an EMV card in your wallet can give you more peace of mind.

In the interim, experts say guests who stayed at one of the hotels that have been hacked shouldn't obsess about the data breaches.

Anthem Inc (ANTM.N), the largest U.S. health insurance company, has agreed to settle litigation over hacking in 2015 that compromised about 79 million people's personal information for $ 115 million, which lawyers said would be the largest settlement ever for a data breach.

All lawyers have a similar rule on confidentiality, but different states and practice areas have different rules about what to do in the event of a data breach — and what constitutes a breach in the first place.

Aaron Street: I mean, to be clear about the best practices, again, which you can get for free in our four - step data security guide on the website, is that the HaveIBeenPwned website will say when the breach occurred, and so your Adobe crack of your password was 2013.

With the number of data breaches skyrocketing in recent years, and an increase in high profile hacks dominating the headlines, there is growing concern about the impending shortage of infosec professionals required to meet increasing needs.