Top 10 Biggest Healthcare Data Breaches of All Time

For years the healthcare industry has been a prime target for cybercriminals – here’s a recap of the biggest data breaches from healthcare companies.

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Need Not Apply: Hack of Job Seeker Database Hits Workers in 10 States

America’s Joblink Alliance said on Wednesday that a hack of its job seeker application exposed sensitive information on residents of 10 states.

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Don’t Call it a Leak: D&B Unit Coughs up Data on 33m Professionals

Like the ‘flaming river’ that eventually prompted anti-pollution laws, the casual leak of data on 33 million U.S. professionals is a sign that our online environment is badly compromised. But can we fix it?

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Owning the Breach: Yahoo CEO Loses Bonus, Equity to Atone

There hasn’t been much to admire about Yahoo’s handling of serial data breaches. Docking CEO Marissa Mayer’s bonus is one decision others should follow.

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High Drama in HIPAA Land: the CoPilot Breach

The leak late last year of information on more than 200,000 patients of CoPilot Provider Support Services was just the first act in what is proving to be a bizarre and mysterious HIPAA ‘whodunnit.’

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The Cost of Doing Business: How Two Massive Breaches and Yahoo!’s Reluctance to Disclose Them Cost Their Shareholders $350 Million

The latest news on Yahoo’s massive data breaches highlights the most important consideration for any security incident: the impact these events can have on a company’s bottom line.

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The Biggest and Most Impactful Data Breaches of 2016

There was no shortage of data breaches making news last year – let’s take a look back at some of the biggest and most damaging data breaches of 2016.

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For Data Thieves, the Internet of Easy Pickings

Leaks of data from the U.S. Military’s Special Operations Command (SOCOM) show that many data breaches are just a matter of picking low hanging fruit.

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You’ve already been victimized by Yahoo!’s massive breach

The theft of an estimated one billion user accounts from Yahoo! was big news on Wednesday. But for Yahoo! users, the damage from the 2013 incident has almost certainly already been done.

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Court Sides with Insurer: Credit Card Data isn’t Lost Property

A court in Alabama threw out a suit brought by a breached grocery store chain, saying that stolen credit card data doesn’t count as “damaged property.”

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