Posts Tagged ‘data breaches’
IN THE HEADLINES: Data Breaches Off to a Great Start
Posted by: Neal OFarrell in: ● January 27, 2012
The New Year is barely a couple of weeks old and already we’re seeing some brazen and possibly huge data breaches. Fans of the Huffington Post were greeted a couple of days ago with a Twitter message from the Post that said simply “Sorry about that, Twitterverse! We know we’ve been hacked and are working [...]
IN THE HEADLINES: In Spite of Increased Warnings, Regulations and Costs, the Breaches Keep Coming…
Posted by: Neal OFarrell in: ● November 3, 2011
This isn’t the first time I’ve covered data breaches in this blog, and I’m pretty sure it won’t be the last. For the business community, data breaches are a little like life. There are possibilities, probabilities, and certainties. For most businesses, data breaches fall between probability and certainty. In fact, some experts believe that most [...]
IN THE HEADLINES: Cybercrime Costs Society over $1 Trillion
Posted by: Neal OFarrell in: ● April 19, 2011
According to research firm Global Industry Analysts, Inc., this staggering number is the collected sum of all the losses incurred in attacks on individuals, small businesses, corporate giants, and government. It also covers the time and money wasted in responding to these crimes and cleaning up the mess, even then they may be underestimating the [...]
IN THE HEADLINES: Attention, iTunes customers, change your passwords!
Posted by: Neal OFarrell in: ● January 21, 2011
If you’re a user of iTunes and have an iTunes account, especially one connected to a PayPal account, you might want to log in, check your statements, and change your passwords. A number of media outlets are reporting another surge in the sale of seemingly hacked iTunes accounts – for sale openly on Chinese web [...]
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