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Privacy Breach

Laptop with patient data stolen from Howard University Hospital contractor

Greg Masters March 29, 2012

Letters have gone out to patients of Howard University Hospital in Washington, D.C., after their personal information was exposed when a laptop was stolen from the car of a contractor.

Central Kentucky's largest group practice hit with patient data breach

Greg Masters January 31, 2012

A laptop containing personal information of patients was stolen from the neurology department of Lexington Clinic on the night of Dec. 7, 2011.

Zappos breach affects 24M, opens door for more attacks

Greg Masters January 16, 2012

Hackers breached a server belonging to online retailer Zappos and made off with the personal information of 24 million customers, though no credit card numbers were involved.

You might be next: Data breaches

Illena Armstrong July 01, 2011

CISOs must concede they eventually will see their infrastructures compromised.

No harm, no foul? We'll see.

Angela Moscaritolo June 01, 2011

In a potentially precedent-setting court ruling, a federal judge declined to dismiss a lawsuit filed against RockYou over a breach that exposed millions of user credentials.