Breach

The Hawaii-based Zippy's Restaurants reported that for four months its point-of-sale system at 25 of its locations had been compromised exposing customer data.

A group called the K-12 Cybersecurity Resource Center has created an interactive incident map that shows all of the school districts in the U.S. that have been affected by a cyberattack since 2016.

California's Center for Orthopaedic Specialists (COS) last week disclosed that its three facilities were affected by a ransomware attack on a third-party system that allowed adversaries to access patient data and encrypt it for the purposes of extortion.

The massive data breach that compromised the data of 147.9 million Equifax customers last year has cost the company more than $242 million in related expenses, much of which has been covered by its cybersecurity insurance.

While data breaches put millions at risk each year, it's easy to forget about some of the most vulnerable victims who often don't have the knowledge or resources to protect their identities.

Sun Trust Bank today confirmed it was hit with an insider attack when a former employee, working with a third party, stole company contact lists possibly exposing the personal information of up to 1.5 million customers.