Breach

The personal information of about 583,000 former post-secondary students is unaccounted for, as a result of a breach of security at the agency responsible for issuing student loans.

The Canadian government has no plans to follow the recommendations made in a report it commissioned into ethical hacking.

An unencrypted hard drive was lost at the Quebec office of Human Resources and Skills Development Canada.

The payment processor suffered a breach in 2011, where 1.5 million credit and debit card numbers were compromised.

More than six months after the incident, affected individuals were notified of the breach at UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center in Chapel Hill, N.C.

Cezar Butu received the penalty after admitting that he helped infiltrate the credit card processing systems of more than 150 Subway restaurants in 2011.

The personal information of patients at three health systems in Virginia, New Jersey and Michigan was exposed.

The Hospice of North Idaho will pay $50,000 to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services following a breach that affected 441 patients -- an indication that the agency is not letting even small incidents slide.