Data Breach

Source: news.yahoo.com --- 8 hours ago
The Bank of New York Mellon said Thursday that a security Breach involving the loss of backup Data storage tapes affects about 8 million more individuals than originally thought. ...

Source: news.yahoo.com --- 1 day ago
AP - Did a computer intrusion at a Best Western hotel in Germany open the door for a hacker to steal the records of 8 million customers and pull off "the greatest cyber-heist in world history," as a Scottish newspaper put it? ...

Source: www.reuters.com --- 1 day ago
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bank of New York Mellon Corp said on Thursday that a security Breach involving the loss of personal information is much larger than previously reported, affecting about 12.5 million people, up from 4.5 million. ...

Source: www.wired.com --- 1 hour ago
Best Western International and the Sunday Herald newspaper of Scotland are duking it out over a story which reports that a hacker stole the records of 8 million customers from the hotel chain's global network in the "the greatest cyber-heist in world history." Best Western says 10 people were affected at one hotel. ...

Source: www.computerworld.com --- 1 day ago
A dispute between Best Western and a Scottish newspaper over the scope of a Data Breach highlights the need for companies to get out in front on disclosures of Data breaches. ...

Source: www.informationweek.com --- 1 day ago
Gibson has been dealing with a small Data Breach that somehow snowballed into eight million records stolen and tagged as "one of the most audacious cyber-crimes ever." ...

Source: www.tgdaily.com --- 9 hours ago
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Source: www.hothardware.com --- 8 hours ago
Earlier this week we reported on Scotland's Sunday Herald's claim that the Best Western hotel group was hit with the world's largest known Data Breach of eight million people's sensitive information, as well as Best Western's adamant denial. Even if the Sunday Herald story turns out to be true, the Best Western Data Breach would no longer hold the title of the world's largest known Data Breach. That record now goes to the Bank of New York (BNY) Mellon, which "lost" the sensitive information of 12.5 million customers. ...

Source: www.silicon.com --- 1 day ago
Security experts deliver their verdict... ...

Source: www.theday.com --- 8 hours ago
A Bank of New York Mellon Data Breach first reported in May as affecting 500,000 account holders in Connecticut and 4.5 million across the country ...

Source: www.enterpriseitplanet.com --- 5 hours ago
Best Western may have dodged a bullet, but the situation brought to light how customer Data of all types are at risk. ...

Source: www.crainsnewyork.com --- 14 hours ago
A third-party re-examination revealed that the number of affected individuals is actually about 12 million, up from previous estimates of 4.2 million. ...

Source: www.lavasoft.com --- 1 day ago
“8 Million Victims in the World’s Biggest Cyber Heist” You may have seen that bold headline in this week’s story by Glasgow’s Sunday Herald, along with similar reports as other sources picked up the news. The scoop: attackers reportedly loaded a Trojan onto a Best Western Hotels’ computer and stole employee log-in details – giving them access to [...] ...

Source: www.secgeeks.com --- 23 hours ago
More Data breaches have been reported so far this year than in all of 2007, according to a report released by a nonprofit group that works to prevent fraud. ...

Source: kasnj.jaiku.com --- 4 hours ago
Breach on Princeton Review Site Exposed Students’ Data - NYTimes.com Fetched from VFH: The Latest Views 1 week, 3 days ago. ...

Source: www.pcauthority.com.au --- 15 hours ago
Possibly the largest Data Breach this year. ...

Source: www.computerworld.com.au --- 13 hours ago
Reports of Data losses and system breaches are almost becoming passe but from time to time events happen that take on a life of their own and have effects far beyond what the initial Breach would normally represent. ...