Breach

The court battle began when the FTC filed a 2012 complaint against hotelier Wyndham, accusing it of deceptive and unfair practices against consumers following data breaches.

An unknown individual gained unauthorized access to a Chicago doctor's personal email account, which resulted in a compromise of personal information for 1,200 patients.

The group being implicated has stolen over 160 million card numbers over the years by hacking organizations, including Heartland Payment Systems, Visa and 7-Eleven.

An additional 170,200 Los Angeles County Department of Health Services clients were identified as having been impacted in the February theft of computers from Sutherland Healthcare Solutions.

The Michigan Department of Community health is notifying more than 2,500 individuals that their personal information was on an encrypted laptop and unencrypted flash drive that was stolen.

The breach struck Experian subsidiary, Court Ventures, and compromised the personal and financial data of more than 200 million Americans.

As the Target and Neiman Marcus data breach stories continue to evolve, so too does the story of how to combat malware.

Kaiser Permanente is notifying about 5,100 members living in the Northern California region that their personal information may be at risk after malware was discovered on a server.