Sony Computer Entertainment America has agreed to settle a class action lawsuit that stemmed from an April 2011 data breach that compromised the personal information of 77 million customers.
Kentucky is now the 47th state to enact a breach notification law. While a national law superseding the widely varying state statutes is long overdue, the primary election defeat of House Majority Leader Eric Cantor makes passing such a bill tougher.
It's well known that lost or stolen unencrypted computing devices account for the majority of large health data breaches. But a new report from the Department of Health and Human Services shines a light on how frequently breaches - especially smaller ones - involve paper records.
Michael Bruemmer of Experian Breach Resolution sizes up key trends for the year ahead, discusses the impact of "breach fatigue" and predicts a surge in the adoption of cyber-insurance.
Microsoft moves to quash a search warrant granting U.S. investigators the right to request copies of an overseas customer's e-mails that are stored in a data center in Ireland.
We've been talking about shifting away from legacy mag-stripe technology and a move toward EMV chip cards for the last decade in the U.S. So is it too late, or is there still hope for EMV?
A proposed UK computer crime bill would increase hacking penalties and criminalize cybercrime attacks that impact the economy, environment or national security. Proving related charges in court, however, could be difficult.
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.
Legislation before the House to excise from federal law the requirement that NIST work with the NSA on cybersecurity standards wouldn't likely stop the two federal agencies from continuing to collaborate.
In a pre-trial decision, a California appellate court has ruled that a breach at Eisenhower Medical Center did not violate California's Confidentiality of Medical Information Act. Find out why.
It's not quite the cyberwar many have envisioned, but the United States and China are tangled in a brawl that resembles, in some respects, a combination of a trade war and cyber-sniping.
An FTC administrative trial examining the data security practices of LabMD, headed by Michael Daugherty, is slated to begin May 20. The hearing could shed light into how the FTC evaluates security when pursuing enforcement actions.
Class action lawsuits that banking institutions filed against Target Corp. in the wake of the retailer's massive breach are being consolidated. The suits seek recovery of expenses, such as the cost of re-issuing affected payment cards.
As the HHS Office for Civil Rights ramps up HIPAA enforcement activities, a key leader of the agency's HIPAA initiatives has retired, and the director of the agency may soon be leaving as well. Find out the very latest details.
A judge has dismissed most of the claims in a consolidated class action lawsuit stemming from the 2011 data breach involving SAIC and the military health program TRICARE, which affected 4.9 million individuals.
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