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Sears Holding, Delta Air hit by customer data breach at tech firm

DepartmentstorechainSearsHoldingCorpandDeltaAirLinesIncsaidonWednesdaysomeoftheircustomerpaymentinformationmayhavebeenexposedinacybersecuritybreachatsoftwareser

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Hudson’s Bay subsidiaries hit by payment card data breach

RetailerHudson’sBaydisclosedonSundaythatitwasthevictimofasecuritybreachthatcompromiseddataonpaymentcardsusedatSaksandLordTaylorstoresinNorthAmerica.Onecybersecu

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Under Armour data breach affects 150 million MyFitnessPal users

UnderArmourjustdisclosedthat150millionMyFitnessPalaccountswereaffectedbyasecuritybreach.ThecompanybecameawareofitonMarch25th,anddeducedthatunauthorizedpartiesha

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Equifax breach may have exposed more data than first thought

The2017Equifaxdatabreachwasalreadyextremelyseriousbyitself,buttherearehintsitwassomehowworse.CNNhaslearnedthatEquifaxtoldtheUSSenateBankingCommitteethatmoredata

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Federal employees stole data from Homeland Security

Threeemployeesoftheinspectorgeneral'sofficefortheDepartmentofHomelandSecurity(DHS)areaccusedofstealingacomputersystemthatcontainedaround246,000employees'persona

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Uber says 2.7m Brits hit by breach that was covered up

Uberhasrevealedthat2.7millionBritishridersanddriverswereaffectedbya2016databreachthatitcoveredupformorethanayear.Atotalof57millionworldwidehaddataexposedinthebr

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The FTC is looking into Uber's latest data breach

Thisweek,UberrevealedthatasecuritybreachthathappenedinOctoberof2016exposedpersonaldatafromaround57millioncustomersanddrivers.Butratherthaninformtheaffectedindiv

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Massive credit bureau hack raises troubling questions

Itcouldbetheworst-everdatabreachforAmericanconsumers,exposingsomeofthemostsensitivedataforavastnumberofUShouseholds.ThehackdisclosedthisweekatEquifax,oneoftheth

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Equifax slammed after major data breach

USlawmakersattackedcreditreportgiantEquifaxafterthecompanyrevealedthat143millionUScustomersmayhavehadtheirinformationstolen.TwoCongressionalcommitteechairmensai

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Verizon partner data breach exposes millions of customer records

MillionsofVerizoncustomershavehadtheirrecordsexposed,ZDNetreportedearliertoday.Verizonconfirmedthat6millionrecordswerecompromisedbyNiceSystems,aVerizonpartnerth

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Retail giant Target to pay 18.5 million over data breach fallout

RetailgiantTargetannouncedonTuesdayitreachedanagreementtopay18.5millionU.S.dollarstosettleaninvestigationintoitsmassive2013databreach.Accordingtothesettlement,4

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Yahoo says one billion accounts exposed in newly discovered security breach

Yahoo Inc warned on Wednesday that it had uncovered yet another massive cyber attack, saying data from more than 1 billion user accounts was compromised in August 2013, making it the largest breach in history.

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Yahoo profit beats Wall St., some analysts worry over effect of hack

Yahoo Inc reported better-than-expected quarterly adjusted profit on Tuesday, a boost for the beleaguered company whose deal to sell its core business to Verizon Communications Inc has been shaken by a massive data breach.

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Verizon says Yahoo hack 'material,' could affect deal

Verizon Communications Inc (VZ.N) said on Thursday it has a "reasonable basis" to believe Yahoo Inc's (YHOO.O) massive data breach of email accounts represents a material impact that could allow Verizon to withdraw from its $4.83 billion deal to buy the technology company.

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Senators accuse Yahoo of 'unacceptable' delay in hack discovery

Six senators on Tuesday demanded that Yahoo Inc (YHOO.O) explain why hackers' theft of user information for 500 million accounts two years ago came to light only last week and called the company's handling of the breach "unacceptable."

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U.S. senator seeks SEC probe of Yahoo disclosure on hacking

Democratic Senator Mark Warner on Monday asked the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to investigate whether Yahoo (YHOO.O) and its senior executives fulfilled obligations to inform investors and the public about a hacking attack affecting 500 million user accounts.

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Yahoo says hackers stole data from 500 million accounts in 2014

Yahoo Inc (YHOO.O) said on Thursday that at least 500 million of its accounts were hacked in 2014 by what it believed was a state-sponsored actor, a theft that appeared to be the world's biggest known cyber breach by far.