Forever 21 Warns Shoppers of Payment Card Breach at Some Stores

Another day, another data breach. This time a fast-fashion retailer has fallen victim to payment card breach. American clothes retailer Forever 21 announced on Tuesday that the company had suffered a security breach that allowed unknown hackers to gain unauthorized access to data from payment car...

eBay Compromised in Data Breach, Urges Password Change

The online retail and auction giant eBay will be asking its customers to change their passwords later today because of a cyberattack that compromised a server containing encrypted passwords and other non-financial information. The company says it does not believe that there has been any...

Encrypted PINs Stolen in Target Data Breach

Target confirmed this morning that encrypted PIN data was stolen in the Black Friday data breach that exposed 40 million accounts to fraud. Spokesperson Molly Snyder said the ongoing forensics investigation confirmed that PIN data was accessed as well, contrary to previous claims made by the reta...

Information of Nearly 4,000 Beth Israel Patients at Risk in Stolen Laptop Incident

The information of nearly 4,000 patients at Boston’s Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center BIDMC may have been leaked according to a report from the Boston Globe over the weekend. A laptop was stolen from the Harvard-associated teaching hospital on May 22 that could yield the incomplete medical...

Can Google Be Forced By the FBI to Unlock Users' Phones?

Those multi-gesture passcode locks on Android phones that give users and their spouses fits apparently present quite a challenge for the FBI as well. Frustrated by a swipe passcode on the seized phone of an alleged gang leader, FBI officials have requested a search warrant that would force Google...