Security Breach articles

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  Thousands of confidential Bloomberg terminal messages allegedly posted online

  By Adi Robertson on May 13, 2013 04:55 pm + 11 comments

  A few days after the New York Post revealed that Bloomberg reporters had been using terminals to Continue reading…

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  Nationwide Insurance uses lawyers to protect details of October security breach

  By Jacob Kastrenakes on April 1, 2013 01:46 pm + 6 comments

  Nationwide Insurance wants to keep possible weaknesses in its digital infrastructure under wraps as Continue reading…

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  Barnes & Noble confirms compromised PIN pads leaked credit card data in 63 stores

  By Adi Robertson on October 24, 2012 01:45 pm + 19 comments

  Bookseller Barnes & Noble has confirmed that PIN pads in 63 of its stores were compromised to Continue reading…

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  Nvidia forums suspended after large-scale hack, 390,000 accounts at risk

  By Aaron Souppouris on July 13, 2012 07:05 am + 15 comments

  After closing its forums last week citing a "system issue," Nvidia has come clean that the issue was Continue reading…

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  Formspring disables all user passwords after 420,000 accounts compromised

  By Adi Robertson on July 11, 2012 09:04 am + 8 comments

  Question and answer site Formspring has disabled the passwords of everyone on its service after Continue reading…

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  Global Payments says security breach is 'contained,' affected no more than 1.5 million credit cards

  By Amar Toor on June 13, 2012 05:57 am + 1 comments

  In April, Global Payments announced a security breach that put up to 1.5 million credit card numbers Continue reading…

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  Michael Jackson's back catalog allegedly stolen in last year's Sony hacking debacle

  By Nathan Ingraham on March 5, 2012 09:21 am + 50 comments

  As if last year's PlayStation Network hacking incident wasn't enough of a black eye for Sony, it's Continue reading…

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  iOS loophole gives developers access to photos, sources say a fix is coming

  By Joshua Topolsky on February 28, 2012 06:05 pm + 104 comments

  Another day, another iOS security concern. Today's confidence-defeating news comes from Nick Bilton Continue reading…

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  Sony Pictures breached, ‘over 1M accounts’ compromised — user data posted online

  By Ross Miller on June 2, 2011 05:00 pm + 50 comments

  It looks like Sony Pictures is the latest company under the Sony umbrella to be the victim of a data Continue reading…

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  Sony pulls PlayStation Network login pages after password recovery exploit found

  By Ross Miller on May 18, 2011 11:40 am + 19 comments

  No, Sony wasn't hacked again, but it wouldn't be a bad idea to double check for any erroneous emails Continue reading…