Clothing retailer Gap revealed on Friday that a laptop containing the personal information of approximately 800,000 of its job applicants was stolen from an outside contractor that manages the company's data.
Investigators at eBay believe a fraudster was trying to generate panic when he posted what appeared to be the credit card numbers of 1,200 members to an eBay forum that deals with user safety and security.
Add 562 current or former employees of Ramsey County, Minn., to the list of victims of the June data breach that affected 1.3 million Ohio residents and hundreds of Connecticut state bank accounts.
Two Democratic congressmen have asked the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to investigate cyberattacks against government systems reportedly managed by Unisys.
A former employee of Citis ABN Amro Mortgage group leaked the personal information, including Social Security numbers, of more than 5,000 customers via a peer-to-peer (p2p) file-sharing network.
Store vouchers and a three-day sale are two of the concessions TJX has pledged in a settlement with customers who sued the discount retail giant following a massive customer data theft.
Today marks the White House-imposed deadline for federal agencies to develop and implement a breach notification policy and to have reviewed their use of Social Security numbers (SSNs).
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