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A ‘good neighbor’ compromised State Farm customer data
State Farm is alerting customers of a data security incident involving a third party vendor's misuse of customer information.
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Judge approves settlement for Sony hacking case
A U.S. district judge approved the settlement in a class action suit against Sony Entertainment.
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Survey finds encryption considered a positive measure
As the debate around encryption plays out in headlines and courtrooms, a large majority of participants in a new study overwhelmingly said they view encryption as positive.
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Boston internet service disrupted briefly by DDoS attack
Internet service in Boston was disrupted on Tuesday in what is being called a "minor act of cybervandalism."
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LookingGlass Cyber Solutions raises $50M; acquires Cyveillance
LookingGlass Cyber Solutions, a threat intelligence supplier, raised $50 million from financial investors, in a Series C investment led by NewSpring Capital.
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Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance enters cyberinsurance arena
Warren Buffet is not exactly launching the Geico gecko into the cyberinsurance space, but his Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance division today unveiled two new polices targeted at this area.
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NEWS ALERT: Breach at Experian exposes 15 million T-Mobile customer’s PII
T-Mobile confirmed in a letter that the personally identifiable information of about 15 million customers has been obtained through a hack at Experian, a T-Mobile vendors hired to perform credit checks.
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Legislators call for lifetime identity protection for OPM data breach victims
Nearly seven percent of the U.S. population was impacted in the OPM data breaches, and nine legislators are now calling for lifetime identity theft protection for them.
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Online Trust Alliance pens letter to Congress over federal data breach notification law
The Online Trust Alliance (OTA) wrote a letter to Congress earlier this week in response to the recently proposed Personal Data Notification & Protection Act.
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NEWS ALERT: New SSL/TLS vulnerability identified, dubbed ‘FREAK’
Researchers announced FREAK, a vulnerability that they say enables attackers to intercept HTTPS connections between vulnerable clients and servers.