Breach

Symantec confirmed late Thursday that hackers did in fact compromise a portion of its source code, but the stolen code is related to two enterprise security products that have been discontinued.

Some Stratfor subscribers received an email on Friday that claimed to come from the breached company's CEO, but actually was designed to publicize the hack and have some fun at the expense of the recipients.

A Symantec spokesman said the company isn't sure if the hackers claims are true, but said no source code -- only a document from 1999 -- has so far been publicly posted.

The private medical records belonging to some 1,300 patients and/or their guarantors at Loma Linda University Medical Center in California were compromised when a former hospital employee violated policy.

It's vital to understand how to talk about security to senior executives in order to prevent a data breach, says Dan Srebnick, CISO of the city of New York.

Security conversations are as audible as ever, yet budgets remain largely flat. However, an expected influx of compliance audits may serve as the driver for more dollars. We polled 488 pros for their thoughts.

In what may be its most devastating attack since HBGary, the Anonymous hacking collective "rooted" the database of security intelligence firm Stratfor to plunder a claimed 200 gigabytes worth of data.