Breach

Patients of the Veterans Affairs hospital in Fayetteville, N.C., may have had their personal information exposed after more than 1,000 personal records were improperly disposed of.

A new McAfee study released Monday said organizations are overwhelmed by Big Data, yet appear to be overvaluing their ability to detect data breaches.

The laptop was stolen from Monterey Park, Calif.-based SynerMed.

Hackers accessed the credit card information of tens of thousands customers of the University of Michigan's Union Ticket Office, the latest organization that has fallen victim to a breach affecting a third-party vendor.

The supermarket chain, which has more than 120 stores, primarily in California, was targeted by online intruders.

The incident impacted patients at the Center for Language, Speech and Hearing at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

While the cost of breaches in the U.S. remain high in comparison to other countries surveyed, better security practices have led to declining costs, an annual study concluded.

The personal information of college applicants at Champlain College in Burlington, Vt., may have been exposed in the breach.