Data Security

A computer server at Virginia Tech containing personal data was breached as a result of human error.

An employee of Florida-based Holy Cross Hospital has been fired and faces criminal charges after accessing personal information on thousands of patients.

An employee of automobile insurer State Farm put hundreds of customers at risk after using some of their credit cards to make purchases.

An Atlius University employee was fired after an email containing personal data on nearly 200 enrollees was inadvertently sent to a student.

While accessing lease information, a customer of international self-storage company Public Storage was able to view the leases of hundreds of other customers, subsequently compromising their personal data.

An attempted bank burglary has been linked to an April cyber heist on Barclays bank in London where £1.3 million was stolen.

Among 845 small business owners polled, nearly half reported being the victim of a cyber attack.

An undisclosed number of accounts with Boston-based Windhaven Investment Management may have been compromised after an intruder accessed a web server maintained by a third-party.