Data Breaches

CANCUN, MEXICO - A prominent privacy activist says that leading software vendors, and the U.S. government are failing the public when it comes to Internet privacy, and that big changes are needed to prevent consumers from criminals, advertisers and government spies. Read more »

Verisign, the Internet security company responsible for management of the .COM domain, told federal regulators that it was the victim of several successful attacks in 2010, but that those incidents were not reported to the company's management until September, 2011. The news was first reported by Reuters. Read more »

Threatpost's exclusive interview with Ralph Langner continues, as our conversation shifts from  the legacy of the Stuxnet worm to larger issues facing the critical infrastructure sector including mounting attacks, tensions between vendors and security researchers over responsible disclosure, and what's needed to secure critical infrastructure and industrial control systems.   Read more »

A new report finds that the 'bad guys' are winning, and that most nations are ill-prepared for crippling cyber attacks. Read more »

Susan Panico, the head of Sony’s PlayStation Network (PSN), has left that company, according to a report from Venture Beat. Read more »

The New York State Public Service Commission announced yesterday they'll be looking into a data breach that may have exposed the personal information of almost two million customers to unknown attackers. Read more »

The Web site of Sayres and Associates was offline Tuesday, just days after news broke that the firm had parted ways with Aaron Barr, Anonymous's most famous victim. The reasons for the site's disappearance, and for Barr's departure are unclear. Read more »

In a decision that was closeley watched by civil liberties group and the technology industry, the Supreme Court has ruled unanimously that GPS tracking devices constitute a "search" and that authorities must obtain a warrant before placing one on a suspect's vehicle.  Read more »

The Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is the latest high profile government agency in that country found to be infected with a computer virus. Read more »

The hacking group TeaMp0isoN claims to have compromised Web servers used by T-Mobile, and absconded with account information for company employees, including members of T-Mobile's media team. Read more »