Prior to its massive breach, Target seems not to have responded to multiple alerts from security company FireEye involving suspicious activity on the retailer's network.
Nearly 10,000 patients of University of California San Francisco Family Medicine Center at Lakeshore may have personal information at risk after unencrypted desktop computers containing their data were stolen.
An annual study on patient privacy and security marked improvements on the data breach front, though organizations voiced concerns with health information exchanges (HIEs).
The Timken Company stored the personal information of nearly 5,000 current and former associates, as well as past applicants, on an insecure server, during which time one unauthorized party accessed the file containing the data.
Online statistics portal Statista discovered a vulnerability in its administrative system that allowed an attacker to steal personal information on an estimated 50,000 customers.
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