Data Security

Yes, LinkedIn failed to have the proper technology in place to protect its users' passwords, but as we share more information with websites, some of the burden is on the users to safeguard their personal data.

A 21-year-old Dutch man is accused of accessing the point-of-sales terminals of restaurants and other businesses to steal credit card numbers, which he and a co-conspirator then sold in underground forums.

According to an indictment unsealed Wednesday, Ryan Cleary was part of a hacktivist group that targeted Fox Entertainment Group, Sony Pictures and PBS in data heists and defacements.

IT security practitioners tend to focus on networked security threats, but preventing insider threats are where the real challenges lie.

Many of the emails sent to LinkedIn users alerting them of compromised passwords mistakenly were blocked as spam by the recipients.

While Global Payments investigated the breach of its North American processing system, it turned up another intrusion, this one impacting merchants.

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