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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...

Spain levies maximum fine over Google privacy policy

23/01/2014 07:44
The changes Google made to its privacy policy triggered investigations by European data protection watchdogs Google has been fined 900,000 euros (£751,000) for breaking Spanish data protection laws. The fine is the maximum it is possible to levy on a firm that has broken the nation's privacy...

EU calls for much bigger fines for data breaches

22/01/2014 20:10
The EU's justice commissioner has called for bigger fines for companies that breach European data privacy laws. Viviane Reding dismissed recent fines for Google as "pocket money" and said the firm would have had to pay $1bn under her plans for privacy failings. Ms Reding said such...

Millions of passwords and email details stolen in Germany

22/01/2014 20:05
The passwords and other details of 16 million email users in Germany have been stolen, the country's security agency has revealed. The Federal Office for Security said criminals had infected computers with software which allowed them to gather email addresses and account passwords. The agency has...

Microsoft in more hacking misery

22/01/2014 20:01
A Microsoft blog has been hacked by the Syrian Electronic Army shortly after two of its Twitter accounts and another blog were attacked by the same group. The Office blog had just been redesigned before it was targeted by the hackers who posted a screenshot of their work on their Twitter...

Blackphone Promises NSA-Proof Smartphone

19/01/2014 09:45
By Stephanie Mlot January 15, 2014 10:40am EST     Ever since Edward Snowden blew the whistle on the National Security Agency's spy games, the world has been clamoring for a more secure way to communicate. Blackphone—a joint venture between...
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