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U.S. Treasury Security Mnuchin Seeks Answers From Consumer Bureau on Equifax Breach
U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Tuesday said he wants to know how the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is handling a probe into a hack of credit bureau Equifax Inc after a report that ...
Cyber Attacks Are Getting Ubiquitous and Expensive for U.S. Businesses: Hartford Steam Boiler
Cyber attacks have gotten so bad that just over half of U.S. businesses have reported one over the past year, and a large majority of those targeted spent substantial money to investigate and ...
Hackers Steal Data From 400,000 Client Accounts at Italy’s UniCredit Bank
UniCredit SpA, Italy's No. 1 bank, said hackers took biographical and loan data from 400,000 client accounts in one of the biggest breaches of European banking security this year. The attack occurred ...
Having a Data Breach Preparedness Plan Is Not Enough
Most organizations currently have a data breach preparedness plan in place, but a new study indicates that executives are not updating or practicing the plan regularly and lack confidence in its ...
Massive Yahoo Cyber Hack Leaves EU Privacy Watchdogs With ‘Serious Questions’
The hack on Yahoo! Inc. that compromised the personal data of at least 500 million users is raising "serious questions" among European Union privacy regulators. The "vast number of people affected by ...
Yahoo Reports Cyber Attack Breached at Least 500 Million Accounts
Yahoo! Inc. said the personal information of at least 500 million users was stolen in an attack on its accounts in 2014, exposing a wide swath of its roughly 1 billion users ahead of Verizon ...
A Top Priority: Regulators Tackle Cybersecurity
Of all the issues currently facing the insurance industry, perhaps none is more important than cybersecurity. The recent data breaches at four insurance companies focused attention on the insurance ...
Home Depot Will Pay at Least $19.5M to Settle Data Breach Lawsuit
Home Depot Inc agreed to pay at least $19.5 million to compensate U.S. consumers harmed by a 2014 data breach affecting more than 50 million cardholders. The home improvement retailer will set up a ...