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DreamHost web-hosting service warns of hack

Web-hosting service and domain name registrar DreamHost has warned its customers that their FTP passwords may have been seized by hackers Read more

23 January, 2012 by Edward Moyer

Firms face tougher data-protection rules in Europe

Companies will be required to disclose security breaches within 24 hours under new European Union proposals Read more

23 January, 2012 by Steven Musil

Linux Foundation sites down after security breach

...websites have been down for maintenance for four days now, after a security breach was discovered on Thursday. Those visiting LinuxFoundation.org, Linux.com and... Read more

12 September, 2011

Wikileaks blames Guardian for security breach

...secret US diplomatic cables have shown up on the internet after a security breach at Wikileaks. On Wednesday, the anti-secrecy organisation accused a reporter... Read more

1 September, 2011 by Steven Musil

Sony confirms LulzSec security breach

Sony Pictures has confirmed that it was the victim of a security breach on Thursday that compromised user data Read more

6 June, 2011 by Erica Ogg

FBI probes security breach linked to Iran hackers

...The FBI is investigating a security breach in which a hacker tricked a New Jersey company into issuing... Read more

30 March, 2011 by Declan McCullagh

Gawker hit by security breach and hack

...was reportedly the target of two attacks at the weekend, including one security breach that may have exposed readers' data Read more

13 December, 2010 by Steven Musil

Firms deny RSA-style security breach

Companies including BT and Virgin Media have said their systems were not compromised in the same attack that netted RSA SecurID data, following claims in an article by security journalist Brian Krebs Read more

26 October, 2011 by Tom Espiner

Human error leads to Tumblr security breach

Server configuration data for social-blogging service Tumblr was exposed on Saturday due to human error, the company has... Read more

21 March, 2011

Carbon trading system halts after $9m security breach

The European Commission has suspended transactions after the theft of greenhouse-gas emissions permits, the latest in a series of security breaches Read more

24 January, 2011 by Elinor Mills

Google fires employee for security breach

The company has confirmed that it released an engineer who broke into the Gmail and Google Voice accounts of several children Read more

15 September, 2010 by Tom Krazit
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1 January, 2011
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International Retailer Contains Security Breach with Verizon Business Computer Forensic Services

...and experienced analysts, Verizon Business forensic experts were able to locate the security breach, determine the scope, and locate the hacker responsible. But equally important... Read more

1 September, 2010

Up to 1.5m MasterCard, Visa account details hacked

...and MasterCard accounts may have been compromised by the recent Global Payments security breach, the payment processor announced on Sunday. Up to 1.5 million... Read more

2 April, 2012 by Steven Musil

KPN stops issuing certificates after breach

...authority KPN has ceased issuing secure sockets layer certificates after detecting a security breach on one of its servers. The moratorium on new certificates, announced... Read more

6 November, 2011

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