Breach

The service runners directed users to reset their passwords on Thursday.

Retail giant Target has yet to announce exactly how attackers compromised its point-of-sale devices, but researchers and security experts have already begun weighing in on the implications of such a colossal breach.

The state of Washington's Department of Social and Health Services' Economic Services Administration (ESA) is notifying up to 7,000 clients that their personal information may have been compromised.

Unemployment insurance recipients in several states have been affected in a breach of JPMorgan Chase disclosed in early December.

This is the second compromise in recent months to which the paper has responded.

The retailer announced that it had become the target of a more than two-week-long attack that may have compromised 40 million credit and debit cards.

In a bid to cut down on costs and eliminate potential misuse, NSS Labs has put forth an initiative imploring vendors to purchase vulnerabilities.