Data breach stories - Page 17

The power grid in modern countries may not be as secure as you think, as reports have emerged revealing hackers have breached Germany's supply.

Singapore organizations say they don’t have the resources to keep up with the volume of patches required to remediate software flaws.

As data breaches become more common, building customer trust is pivotal. Firms must prioritise transparency, ethical standards, and robust data protection.

As cyber attacks become more prevalent and costly, with breaches averaging USD $3.6 million, risk management must top your digital agenda.

Vector may take legal action against Stuff over refusal to secure, return or destroy customer data leaked in a data breach.

The breach happened on April 26, 2018. On April 27 the company posted a FAQ section that detailed an API vulnerability in its Outage app.

The breach occurred in May 2016 when the bank couldn’t confirm that two magnetic tapes were destroyed, despite being scheduled for destruction.

The ramifications of having a data breach are ten-fold for government agencies who handle sensitive information.

In 2017, 2.6 billion data records were exposed, mainly due to human error, marking a staggering 580% increase since 2016, Gemalto reports.

Respondents in APAC put forth highest IT budget allocation to security, but overall executives allocate security less than 10% of their budget.

60% of Australian respondents polled in this year’s Telstra Security Report 2018 say their business has been interrupted due to a security breach.

A study has revealed the median time for an EMEA business to detect an intruder is more than double that in the US - and it's much worse in APAC.

Now in its tenth year, Trustwave has released its encyclopaedic report that details both current and future threats that are crucial to be aware of.

Most Facebook users could have had their data scraped by cyber attackers, says the social network's chief technology officer.

Credit card data, medical records, payroll data, intellectual property and tax information are all available publicly online with no data protection.

Barracuda SVP Chris Ross talks about the results of a recent survey they ran following the Facebook fallout to determine the true cost.

Australia’s new mandatory data breach disclosure law has already shown just how regularly organisations are experiencing data breaches.

Asia Pacific organisations take over a year to detect cyber threats, the longest of any region, according to FireEye's M-Trends 2018 report.

A recent study from Gemalto proves it’s not just data that is lost following a breach – you’ll lose most of your customers too.

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has released a statement following the revelation that data from 50 million people was misused.