Breach

Zomato hacked, details of 17 million accounts stolen, but passwords thought to be secure

The payment information and credit card details are stored in another data vault, and have not been compromised in the breach.

UIDAI reaffirms that Aadhaar data is safe and secure

This clarification by the UIDAI, which administers the Aadhaar project, comes in the wake of recent reports of breach in the security of Aadhaar data, which were misused for creating parallel databases.

Verizon and Yahoo agree to lower the acquisition deal by $350 million to $4.48 billion

Verizon Communications Inc said on Tuesday it would buy Yahoo Inc's core business for $4.48 billion, lowering its original offer by $350 million in the wake of two massive cyber attacks at the internet company.

More Well-Known U.S. Retailers Victims Of Cyber Attacks: Sources

Target Corp and Neiman Marcus are not the only U.S. retailers whose networks were breached over the holiday shopping season last year, according to sources.

Trove Of Adobe User Data Found On Web After Breach: Security Firm

Adobe said last week that attackers had stolen data of more than 38 million customer accounts, on top of the theft of information of nearly 3 million accounts that it disclosed nearly a month earlier.

Human Errors And System Glitches Account For 74% Security Breaches In India

Employees are the backbone of an organisation, but they're also the biggest risk to the very data that makes a business thrive, finds study.

What One Security Breach Can Cost Cos: $649,000

The lion's share of losses is caused by the incident itself - lost opportunities and profits, as well as payments to third-party remediation specialists.

LinkedIn Suffers Data Breach

LinkedIn engineer Vicente Silveira confirmed on the website's blog that some passwords were "compromised."

Security Breach Hits Linux Foundation Sites, Down For Maintenance

Kernel.org was the first site to be hacked and similar vulnerabilities are likely to exist on some of the sister sites.

Majority Enterprises Under Pressure To Protect Confidential Data: Survey

Loss of customers and reputation cited as major repercussions of data loss; 89 percent say recent IT Amendment Act 2008 a step in right direction.