Breach

A worm detected on a school server at Salem State University caused a breach.

According to a court document, Auernheimer and his legal team believe he should serve months of probation rather than years behind bars.

As the FBI continues to investigate the dumped data of high-ranking government officials and celebrities, Equifax confirms that some of the information published was accessed from AnnualCreditReport.com.

The data allegedly includes Social Security numbers, financial information and other sensitive details belonging to a list of high profile public figures.

A CSC (Computer Sciences Corporation) employee lost a USB thumb drive that included personal records belonging to more than 50,000 Medicaid providers nationwide.

A large number of medical documents and files containing private information were found in a dumpster outside of an office complex in Hiram, Ga.

The plaintiffs failed to prove that a 2012 breach caused them financial loss or future harm, despite their claims that publicly posted credentials placed them at greater risk for identity theft.