Breach

According to an indictment unsealed Wednesday, Ryan Cleary was part of a hacktivist group that targeted Fox Entertainment Group, Sony Pictures and PBS in data heists and defacements.

IT security practitioners tend to focus on networked security threats, but preventing insider threats are where the real challenges lie.

While Global Payments investigated the breach of its North American processing system, it turned up another intrusion, this one impacting merchants.

For the second time in two years, hackers gained access to a University of North Florida (UNF) server holding the confidential information of students.

The Federal Trade Commission has settled with two companies over allegations that they leaked sensitive data of individuals via file-sharing networks.

Last.fm is the latest website to announce a data breach in a week where LinkedIn and eHarmony also confirmed their users' passwords were stolen.

Ontario received a record number of privacy complaints last year, according to the province's privacy commissioner.

Joining LinkedIn, dating website eHarmony said Wednesday that it is investigating the possible theft of its members' passwords.