The U.K. government's legal justification for spying en masse on British residents' online communications - Google searches, Facebook posts, Webmail - is questioned by privacy and Internet law experts as part of a case triggered by Edward Snowden's leaks.
A Tennessee man has been arrested and charged with computer hacking for allegedly conspiring to launch cyber-attacks on two universities and three companies last summer.
While P.F. Chang's China Bistro has warned customers that their card information may have been compromised in a data breach, several fraud experts say they have yet to see a related increase in fraud. Learn the latest developments.
A new study shows the accuracy of facial recognition algorithms has markedly improved over the past three years, though one of the report's authors suggests they're not at the level to be a highly reliable form of authentication.
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.
The hacktivist group Rex Mundi is claiming it breached the servers of Domino's Pizza in France and Belgium, downloading approximately 600,000 customer records. Find out what information was potentially exposed.
An acrimonious dispute between a community health center and its former IT director has evolved into a breach investigation by Connecticut's attorney general. Find out the unusual details of case.
AT&T is notifying an undisclosed number of its customers that their Social Security numbers and other personal information was compromised after employees of a third-party service provider accessed customer accounts without authorization.
A hacker who goes by the handle Guccifer was indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly breaking into the personal online accounts of high-profile victims, including a family member of two former U.S. presidents.
Restaurant chain P.F. Chang's China Bistro confirms it suffered a data breach that compromised credit and debit card numbers used by an unknown number of patrons. Some experts see a Target connection.
The loose collective of hacktivists known as Anonymous is taking aim at the 2014 World Cup, waging attacks that are making government websites in Brazil, as well as the sites of corporate sponsors of the event, inaccessible.
The U.S. federal government's top telecommunications regulator is proposing a "new regulatory paradigm" by calling on communications providers to step up and assume new responsibilities to manage cyber-risks.
Leading this week's industry news roundup, SafeNet appoints Prakash Panjwani as its new CEO, while Trustwave and First Data team up to help small businesses protect information.
Consumer rights advocates have applauded Apple's preview of iOS 8 privacy changes, including randomizing MAC addresses to help block retail analytics and unauthorized forms of device tracking.
In this week's breach roundup, read about the latest incidents, including a guilty plea from a hacker who coordinated a scheme that phished personal information from U.S. federal government employees.
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