Breach

The Office of Personnel Management launched website for federal employees to check whether their personal information was stolen as part of the massive OPM hack in June.

China's state-run media is blaming criminal hackers for the massive OPM hack in June in which the personal and sensitive information of 21.5 million government workers and applicants was compromised.

A breach at Hong Kong-based toymaker VTech has affected nearly five million and prompted some to rank it the fourth biggest breach to date.

This blog has bounced around for quite some time now. It is my sincere hope that it has found a permanent home here. Time, I guess, will tell. For those who have not read earlier versions of this a bit of explanation is in order. For those who have, there are a few changes that I hope you'll appreciate.

Stefan Viehböck, senior security consultant at SEC Consult, examined 4000 devices from 70 vendors and found widespread reuse of private keys.

Moody's will begin to place more weight on considerations related to cyber risks when issuing credit ratings, the agency announced in a report.

Consumers are finally beecoming aware of the value of their data, and show preference to companies that protect it.