The breach follows several high-profile data loss incidents that potentially exposed US consumers to identity theft. In what could be the largest data security breach to date, MasterCard International on Friday said information on more than 40...
TJX Companies said 45.7 million accounts were compromised over nearly a two-year period, in an update of an investigation into a data breach of customer records. The scope of the breach, which was initially disclosed in January, is far wider than...
Microsoft said it is investigating the breach. Ed Gibson, Microsoft UK's chief security advisor, played down the impact of the security breach. Microsoft is not currently aware of any customer impact as a result of this criminal activity but will...
The breach was discovered on 19 July after the council hired an independent security expert to try and crack its systems. The council has informed the banks, police and the Information Commissioner about the breach and said a full investigation...
Passing a data security breach law is one of the most important advances the UK could make to improve internet security, according to an influential House of Lords committee. We are calling for greater public debate and for the government to...
Public confidence in data security has been sorely tested by a series of high profile data breach incidents in both the public and private sector over the past few years, including the loss of 25 million child benefit records by HMRC last month...