Breach

Snapchat said Monday that increasing spam is the result of a growing service, and not the recent data breach that affected 4.6 million users.

North East King County Regional Public Safety Communication Agency (NORCOM), a company that provides emergency communication services to the public, fire and police agencies, had a server breached in late December.

The House of Representatives banded together to pass the Health Exchange Security and Transparency Act, which mandates two-day notification where PII is compromised under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

From Adobe to Facebook, security breaches continue to be top-of-mind for both companies and users, and organizations around the globe are all wondering if they are next in line to deal with a breach of their own.

High-end retailer Neiman Marcus is now added to the list of major retailers confirming credit card breaches.

Two employees at Georgia-based Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital have been fired after a desktop computer containing information on nearly 6,800 individuals was mistakenly thrown away.

In addition to an earlier revelation that 40M cards were pilfered, the PII of up to 70 million individuals was also stolen, according to a Friday statement by Target.