There were 76 class action data breach lawsuits in 2016, up 7 percent from the year prior, according to a Bryan Cave report.
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Raffi Krikorian, the Democratic National Committee's chief technology officer, plans to launch a series of simulated phishing attacks on DNC staffers to measure their preparedness, he told Wired.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison notified 1,000 patients Sept. 7 of a security incident involving a recent quality improvement survey project, the university confirmed to Becker's.
Consumer credit reporting agency Equifax is notifying 143 million customers after discovering cybercriminals gained access to its files through a website application vulnerability, potentially compromising customer financial data.
Three groups of hackers targeted roughly 26,000 databases on MongoDB with ransomware Labor Day weekend, according to ZDNet.
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Two computers at the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services' Office of Children's Services were infected with a Trojan horse virus July 5 and July 8, according to a Sept. 1 breach notification.
Hackers have launched cyberattacks in the European and North American energy sectors since late 2015, according to a Symantec report.
When a third party vendor is breached and their contractor's data is compromised, it's not always clear who is responsible and what the next steps should be.
After Hillary Clinton endorsed a fact-focused social network startup targeted toward her supporters, the site faced a cyberattack and reportedly crashed, reports Recode.
Roger Severino, director of HHS' Office for Civil Rights, said a top priority for the agency is finding a "big, juicy, egregious" breach to use as an example for others, according to GovInfoSecurity.