This year, Washington State University learned a hard lesson in Data Security 101. It was recently revealed that the university discovered a significant breach on April 21st, 2017. But WSU kept quiet about the crime until June 9th, when they began mailing out letters to the affected parties. Turns out, over a million individuals had their personal information…

Data Security News: The L.A. Celebrity Plastic Surgery Data Breach One of the latest data breaches to make headlines is the recent revelation that the medical records of some 15,000 plastic surgery patients, some of whom may be celebrities, were stolen from a high-end plastic surgery practice. On top of that,…

In 2017, reports of companies’ newly leaked data seem to fill the media every week. Indeed, statistics are showing a staggering amount of compromised data from these last 5 months alone. We’re not even at the year’s halfway mark yet, but experts are reporting that 2017’s data losses could top the all-time charts. As of…

From Edward Snowden’s CIA breach to the Ashley Madison debacle, there are countless tales of former employees causing huge leaks of company data. Reports have shown that companies are often more vulnerable to internal threats than external hackers. Most employers endeavor to treat their workers with fairness and respect, while in turn, the majority…

Nobody is immune to data breaches. Companies from department stores to social media giants have suffered staggering security breaches in recent years. The fallout can be costly and embarrassing for a business. Huge corporations like Yahoo, Facebook, and Target have a lot of resources at their disposal to help them…