Stolen vendor credentials is what led to a massive malware attack on Target's point-of-sale machines, ultimately resulting in the theft of 40 million payment cards, among other information.
The FBI alerted Ohio-based State Industrial Products that the personal information of an undisclosed number of current and former employees may be at risk.
The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating retail chain Target's recent data breach. U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder confirmed the department's involvement in a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing.
A laptop containing personal information - including Social Security numbers - on roughly 900 individuals at Washington nursing homes was stolen from the vehicle of a South Sound doctor.
Roughly 1,800 patients of UC Davis Health System in California are being notified that their personal information may be at risk after the email accounts of three physicians were compromised in a phishing scam.
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