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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...

Coca-Cola Suffers Data Breach After Employee 'Borrows' 55 Laptops By John E Dunn

29/01/2014 20:03

Coca-Cola has admitted falling prey to bizarre slow-motion data breach in which an employee apparently stole dozens of laptops over several years containing the sensitive data of 74,000 people without anyone noticing. Coca-Cola has admitted falling prey to bizarre slow-motion data breach in which...

Cyber insurance sales up 30% as hacker attacks on business soar

26/01/2014 19:01

Businesses are rushing to shield themselves against the threat of cyber-attacks. Photo: Getty Images/iStockphoto LOUISE MCBRIDE – 26 JANUARY 2014 SALES of cyber insurance in Ireland have shot up by almost a third over the last three months as businesses rush to shield themselves...

Banks, retailers play blame game in data breaches

25/01/2014 12:25

Retail and banking groups are blaming each other for the lax security that recently allowed hackers to steal millions of credit card numbers from shoppers. After massive security breaches at Target and Neiman Marcus, the head of the major retail trade association, the National Retail Federation,...

13 indicted in $2M gas station card-skimming scheme

25/01/2014 06:21

Pump-mounted devices used Bluetooth chips that allowed the thieves to retrieve the data without having to physically connect to the devices, prosecutors allege. by Steven Musil January 22, 2014 4:00 PM...

A GC's Cyber Resolutions for 2014 by Peter J. Beshar, Corporate Counsel

24/01/2014 07:37

The new director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation recently testified before Congress that cyberattacks would likely eclipse terrorism as the No. 1 threat to U.S. domestic security. That assessment echoed earlier warnings from senior U.S. officials of the potential for a "Cyber Pearl...

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