data breaches

California aims to strengthen data breach notification law

Andrew Wyrich— February 21

How to protect yourself from the data breach that affected 744 million accounts

Mikael Thalen— February 15

Senator proposes jail time, fines for companies that hijack your data

Joseph Knoop— February 9

21 million users affected in Timehop data breach (updated)

Christina Bonnington— July 9

Equifax’s ‘help’ website may be costing people their right to sue

Phillip Tracy— September 8

Huge Equifax data breach affects almost 148 million Americans (updated)

Phillip Tracy— September 7

Key in Car Lock

Data breach of U.S. auto lender left over 500K customers exposed

Dell Cameron— April 28

Man looking at credit card while using phone

Major leak exposes 400K recorded telemarketing calls, thousands of credit card numbers

Dell Cameron— January 26

Keyboard keys

Latest healthcare industry hack compromises 34,000 patients’ data

Christina Bonnington— December 13

Mining explosion

Data breach exposed locations of oil-industry explosives, handler credentials

Dell Cameron— December 1

Sheet metal workers

25,000 California union members’ personal data exposed by unsecured database

Dell Cameron— November 16

Man horrified at what he's posted to the internet

FriendFinder hack: Over 400 million accounts of dating and porn sites exposed

David Gilmour— November 14

Habitat for Humanity

More than 5,000 people exposed in Habitat for Humanity data breach

Dell Cameron— October 28

Federal Reserve D.C.

House Republicans ask Federal Reserve chair for briefing, documents on data breaches

Eric Geller— June 3

red warning

The FBI just warned Americans about a serious new online extortion scam

Eric Geller— June 2

Tumblr post buttons

Tumblr breach reportedly affected 65 million passwords

Eric Geller— May 30

illustration of computer servers

U.S. companies are more secure than Chinese, Brazilian firms, but botnets remain a problem

Eric Geller— May 27

People on laptops

Unlike other Americans, millennials value speed over security online

Eric Geller— May 26

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