UNC-Charlotte Data Breaches Expose 350,000 Social Security Numbers and Much More

Confidential data, including bank account and Social Security numbers for some 350,000 University of North Carolina-Charlotte students, staff and faculty, were accidentally exposed — some for almost 15 years — due to a system misconfiguration and incorrect access settings that made electronic dat...

Half Of Massachusetts Residents Victims Of Data Breach In Last Four Years

Data from the Massachusetts Office of Consumer Affairs & Business Regulation OCABR shows that 3.2 million residents – almost half the population of the state- have been the victim of a data breach in the last four years. The report finds that 1,833 breaches have been reported to the State by a wi...

Police warns - Beware Facebook scams !

Sophisticated scam artists are raiding blackberries, I-phones and personal computers and are using sites like Facebook to steal identities and money by fooling friends, Halifax police warn. Det. Const. Dana Drover said Wednesday the best way to protect yourself at home — or using public Wi-Fi — i...

Kerala cyber police closing in on software theft culprits !

Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 5 IANS The cyber wing of the Kerala Police Wednesday claimed it had got vital clues about the theft of software source codes and intellectual property data from a Kochi-based IT company. The investigation is progressing on the right track, V.K. Ajith Mohan of the police...