Data Security

Scientific news service EurekAlert suffered a breach which saw the login details of thousands of journalists stolen. The company has now reformed the technology behind its website and is promising a brand new login system.

Hiring security staff is a big challenge. Not only does the industry need more people to fill the open positions than it currently has, but to complicate matters further, hiring managers aren’t necessarily security professionals themselves; many organizations’ security teams report to IT, operations, or even finance.  

Data theft knows no boundaries. Personal information has been siphoned out from databases connected to both presidential campaigns.

ClixSense, a company that pays people to take surveys, reported it was breached with several million users being affected.

By many estimates, the demand for information security practitioners far exceeds availability. As security becomes an appreciable concern for large and small companies alike, it stands to reason that the industry is going to face a serious shortage in the coming years if new practitioners aren’t found or cultivated.

The Russian espionage group Tsar Team, aka Fancy Bear, got into the ADAMS system through an account created by the International Olympic Committee for the 2016 Rio Games.

The U.K. voice over IP provider VoIPtalk has emailed a notification to customers warning of the potential compromise of user login credentials.

A hardware manufacturer may soon be sued by employees who claim the employer did not do nearly enough to protect their data.