Attackers in the Target breach used phishing emails containing malware to steal system credentials from Fazio Mechanical Services, according to technology journalist Brian Krebs.
More than 3,500 patients of The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center may have had personal information compromised after a researcher's unencrypted USB thumb drive went missing.
More than 3,000 clients and potential clients of Easter Seal Society of Superior California may have had personal information compromised after an employee's vehicle was broken into and a work-issued laptop was stolen.
Northern Ireland's Department of Justice has been handed a fine of more than $240,000 by the Information Commissioner for a data breach that involved the personal information of terrorist attack victims.
At least 4,500 payment cards have been compromised in the United States and Canada by a new point-of-sale malware, JackPOS, that is based on Alina, according to researchers with cyber intelligence company IntelCrawler.
An undisclosed number of Nielsen Audio employees are being notified that their personal information may be at risk after a human resources employee mistakenly sent out emails containing a list of the information.
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