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Missed Alarms and 40 Million Stolen Credit Card Numbers: How Target Blew It

14/03/2014 03:30
  By Michael Riley, Ben Elgin, Dune Lawrence, and Carol Matlack  March 13, 2014 The biggest retail hack in U.S. history wasn’t particularly inventive, nor did it appear destined for success. In the days prior to Thanksgiving 2013, someone installed malware...

Into the Breach by Michael P.Voelker

02/03/2014 06:54
New risks and high-profile data breaches have more companies looking to buy cyber liability coverage in a market that's giving them more bang for their cyber buck.   On Dec. 23, the last thing holiday shoppers at Target wanted to be thinking about was having their credit-card information...

Boeing Black: This smartphone will self-destruct.. by Alwyn Scott

01/03/2014 20:40
  (Reuters) - Boeing Co (BA.N) on Wednesday unveiled a smartphone that appears to come straight from a James Bond spy movie. In addition to encrypting calls, any attempt to open the casing of the Boeing Black Smartphone deletes all data and renders the device...

Lucky for Target, the company had insurance by David Gura

27/02/2014 04:46
Joe Raedle/Getty Images Target store is seen on December 19, 2013 in Miami,...

Target hack strips banks and credit unions of $200M. By Dara Kerr

23/02/2014 20:09
The widespread security breach reportedly compromised 40 million credit and debit cards, which are costing banks a pretty penny to reissue. Not only were as many as 110 million Target customers affected by the massive hack on the retailer in December, but banks have also had to deal with the...

Data protection: Angela Merkel proposes Europe network

16/02/2014 11:34
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is proposing building up a European communications network to help improve data protection. It would avoid emails and other data automatically passing through the United States. In her weekly podcast, she said she would raise the issue on Wednesday with French...

Thousands hit in Tesco.com attack

14/02/2014 06:19
By Mark WardTechnology correspondent, BBC NewsIt is not clear how the data for the Tesco.com site went astray Tesco has deactivated some customers' net accounts after their login names and passwords were shared online. The list of more than 2,000 Tesco.com accounts was posted to a popular...

Barclays customer data 'stolen and sold', newspaper says

09/02/2014 14:08
Barclays said it would "contact and advise" all affected customers   Investigations have been launched after a report that thousands of confidential files with Barclays Bank customers details had been stolen and sold. The Mail on Sunday said an anonymous whistleblower had handed it a...

October 2015: The End of the Swipe-and-Sign Credit Card

08/02/2014 16:26
  Mastercard Corporate Intelligence is the WSJ’s business news blog, with a lively take on the day’s most important business stories. For all the headlines, follow @WSJCorpIntel. It’s a payment ritual as familiar as handing...

Credit card data breach targets Marriott, Sheraton, other hotels

04/02/2014 07:39
(Reuters) - A credit card data breach has been detected that exposed guests at certain Marriott, Holiday Inn, Sheraton and other hotel properties to theft, hotel management firm White Lodging Services Corp said on Monday. The breach occurred at food and beverage outlets at 14 hotels, including...
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