Data Security

Police in Everett, Wash., working with the Secret Service, found that hackers stole credit card data from POS systems at 40 carwashes nationwide.

A former employee radiologist accessed and acquired data on as many as 97,000 current and former patients of NRAD Medical Associates.

Michaels insurer petitions a federal court while a retail group asks Congress not to put the onus on retailers.

About 8,500 notification letters were sent out after an unauthorized third party gained access to Metropolitan Companies computer systems and removed documents containing personal data.

Under investigation is FTC's relationship with security firm Tiversa, which provided the agency evidence in an ongoing data security case.

Lawmakers back the spirit of the Privacy Alerts Bill 2014, which carries hefty fines for delinquent organizations, but called for further clarification.

An investigation into a Rady Children's Hospital breach involving more than 14,000 patients revealed a separate incident involving more than 6,000 patients.

Credit card data of a projected seven million-plus customers of P.F. Chang's Chinese Bistro was reportedly exposed for nine months beginning in September 2013.