http://www.dmnews.com/data-breach/topic/277/ Articles tagged with Data Breach from DMNews Arrests were made last week in the largest data breach case ever - 130 million credit card numbers were stolen earlier this year from five corporate entities. The good news is that the US Department of Justice is on the case. But this was only the latest in a long line of data fraud incidents. http://www.dmnews.com/editorial-marketers-can-take-steps-to-prevent-data-breaches/article/147484/ Mon, 31 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT Three men were indicted in New Jersey on August 17 for stealing more than 130 million credit and debit card numbers, according to the US Department of Justice. It is the largest hacking and identity theft case ever prosecuted by the Justice Department. http://www.dmnews.com/three-men-arrested-in-largest-ever-data-breach/article/146749/ Tue, 18 Aug 2009 15:59:30 GMT E-mail is one of the most important tools of communication for companies, but security risks can make using the channel a challenge. As we saw with the Twitter hack last month, sensitive information in circulating via e-mail and if this is hacked can leave a company's private plans exposed. In addition, a company can be at risk if their customer's private data becomes exposed. http://www.dmnews.com/inbox-insider-e-mail-leaks-can-challenge-businesses/article/141468/ Wed, 12 Aug 2009 01:00:00 GMT Network Solutions, a provider of Web-related services for small and medium businesses, has started reaching out to customers about a data breach that was discovered in early June. Credit card information on 573,928 individual consumers may have been compromised in the breach, which Network Solutions publicly reported at the end of the day on July 24. http://www.dmnews.com/network-solutions-starts-healing-process-after-data-breach/article/140667/ Mon, 27 Jul 2009 16:33:28 GMT A recent hack of Twitter corporate data off of the Google cloud server, combined with increasing consumer wariness, has made security "in the cloud" a buzz-worthy issue this summer. http://www.dmnews.com/cloud-data-faces-security-scrutiny/article/140635/ Mon, 27 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.dmnews.com/twitter-data-breach-raises-concerns-about-googledocs/article/150789/ Thu, 16 Jul 2009 16:19:54 GMT Direct marketing services provider Direct Group has formed a new Compliance & Critical Communications business unit, which will help clients plan for and execute compliance communications in response to data breaches involving identity- or privacy-related information. Direct Group reports that the number of data breaches increased 47% in 2008, as tallied by the Identity Theft Resource Center, with a total of 656 reported breaches compared to 446 in 2007. http://www.dmnews.com/direct-group-forms-unit-to-handle-data-breach-related-communications/article/140098/ Wed, 15 Jul 2009 12:22:45 GMT As data collection becomes increasingly complex, sophisticated and essential for marketers, protecting the security of those databases is more important than ever. We asked several top experts to offer their best tips for how marketers can make sure their data stays safe. http://www.dmnews.com/top-tips-keeping-your-databases-safe-and-secure/article/137664/ Mon, 01 Jun 2009 04:30:00 GMT Comcast is doing some clean-up work this week on a recently discovered data breach. An initial list of 8,000 Comcast usernames and passwords was unearthed over the weekend on the document-sharing Web site Scribd. Comcast was alerted to the list Monday and immediately had it pulled down for analysis, said Charlie Douglas, director of communications for Comcast's high-speed Internet product. The company is now working with "the proper authorities" to investigate the leak. http://www.dmnews.com/comcast-usernames-found-on-file-sharing-site/article/129042/ Wed, 18 Mar 2009 14:32:53 GMT Job-seeker Web site Monster Worldwide has detected a data breach that could potentially affect millions of its users. http://www.dmnews.com/monster-suffers-data-breach/article/126514/ Wed, 28 Jan 2009 14:34:35 GMT