Local police are investigating a breach involving inappropriate access to about 600 patients' records by a former employee at ProMedica Bay Park Hospital in Oregon, Ohio. Find out what information was exposed.
The federal tally of major health data breaches has hit a new milestone; it now lists more than 1,000 incidents affecting 500 or more individuals. Experts weigh in on the lessons to be learned from the details of these breaches.
In this week's breach roundup, read about the latest incidents, including an update from Bitly regarding the security measures it has taken following a data breach, including implementing two-factor authentication.
URL shortening service Bitly is reporting a data breach that has compromised account credentials, including encrypted passwords, API keys and OAuth tokens. Find out the mitigation steps the company recommends.
The French telecommunications company Orange is reporting its second hacker attack in recent months, this time exposing information on certain customers and prospective clients.
A White House working group exploring big data and privacy has proposed that Congress enact a national data breach notification law and strengthen the government's role in cybersecurity.
AOL is investigating a data breach that involved unauthorized access to information about a "significant number of user accounts." Learn what information was exposed.
Iowa State University is notifying about 50,000 individuals who enrolled in certain classes between 1995 and 2012 about a hacking incident that exposed their personal information. Learn what steps the university is taking to improve security.
A recently filed class action lawsuit against an Arizona community college district is the latest in a series of legal complaints over a data security incident that potentially affected millions of individuals.
As Congress dawdles over enactment of a national data breach notification law, several states are taking action to strengthen consumers' rights when breaches occur.
Arts and crafts retailer Michaels says an investigation has now confirmed a data breach involving sophisticated malware may have compromised account information for 3 million payment cards.
Computer hardware retailer LaCie is notifying customers about a breach involving payment card data that went on for almost a year. A forensics investigation of the incident, which involved malware, is continuing.
Mumsnet, a UK website for parents, is forcing all of its users to change their passwords after it discovered that a cyber-attacker had taken advantage of the Heartbleed bug to access account data.
The Canada Revenue Agency reports that 900 taxpayers had their Social Insurance numbers compromised in a breach stemming from a cyber-attacker exploiting the Heartbleed vulnerability in CRA systems.
The recent discovery of malware on a server storing health data used for research has prompted Kaiser Permanente to contact 5,100 patients about a potential privacy breach. The malware infection went undetected for more than two years.
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