Pro A third of data protection pros admit a breach in last 12 months Employee negligence top cause, but fears for new legislation impact 25 Jan
Life Database leak exposes 3.3 million Hello Kitty fans Database storing 3.3 million sanriotown.com accounts found online 22 Dec
Pro No indication of Irish customers affected in JD Wetherspoon breach Firm representing pub chain says investigations are ongoing 4 Dec
Life Data breach of toy maker VTech leaked photos of children, parents Hong Kong-based toy manufacturer breach appears to have included photos of children and parents, including those of Irish customers 1 Dec
Life Hackers target toy maker VTech making off with customer data Hackers made their way into Learning Lodge app store customer database, according to the company 30 Nov
Pro Hacking Team breach reveals vulnerability of jailbroken iPhone Breach of firm selling comms monitoring apps to governments shows why it's a bad idea to jailbreak iOS devices 7 Jul
Pro Surveillance software maker Hacking Team breached, says report Sources said the 400Gb of stolen data includes a customer list and revenue received 6 Jul
Pro Most breaches still being discovered by third parties Of 574 incidents, the victims are often the last to know, finds Trustwave 16 Jun
Pro Hacked US government worker data was unencrypted Workers’ union believes detailed personal information on millions of current and former federal employees stolen by hackers was unencrypted 15 Jun
Pro What’s the real cost of a breached data record? Estimates vary by report, with different criteria considered 8 Jun
Pro Data breaches cost an average of $154 per record 12% rise over last year, contrasting with other findings 28 May
Pro Data breach responsibility lies with C-Suite security roles RSA Conference survey finds that CEOs are not the first job on the line when hackers attack 5 May
Pro Verizon data breach report finds no mobile malware – is it all hype? 99 problems and mobile malware isn't even 1% of them 15 Apr
Pro Employees at fault in majority of breaches Human error is a significant factor in the majority of data breaches, surveys find 13 Apr
Pro Internal Botnet activity predicts future data breach likelihood Organisations with the highest activity are more than twice as likely to have been breached 10 Apr
Pro Uber breach exposes 50,000 driver records Database compromised last May, investigation reveals 3 Mar
Pro Global data breaches hit 1,500 last year, public disclosures reveal US still top of the list, but Australia and Germany not far off 17 Feb
Pro Most serious data breaches are avoidable Report from OTA describes industry best practices 22 Jan
Pro Nearly half of Irish organisations unprepared for cyberattack Lack of budget, skills and agility to respond leaves Irish organisations at risk, finds EY infosec survey 27 Nov
Pro PCI Council looking for ways to stem data breaches after bad year Technology exists to stop nearly all data breaches, say experts 18 Nov
Pro Home Depot says attackers stole a vendor’s credentials to break in It also disclosed 53 million email addresses were stolen 7 Nov
Pro Identifying data breach hoaxes Deloitte publishes means to determine if an organisation really has been breached 30 Oct
Pro Europe suffered 229 public data breaches since 2004 More than half were by insiders, not hackers, study suggests 13 Oct
Pro Data breaches can be traced back to nine attack ‘patterns’ Many attacks are sector specific, says Verizon report 25 Apr
Pro Web apps and point-of-sale were leading hacker targets in 2013 Verizon annual data breach report incorporates data from more sources than ever before 22 Apr
Pro Most organisations plan to seek external help after security breaches Incident response plan: phone for help, study finds 19 Mar
Pro Companies sack IT staff after network outages Each incident costs the business over €100,000 7 Mar
Pro Target CIO resigns after data breach Retailer announces the resignation after data breaches affecting up to 110 million people 7 Mar
Pro DP Commissioner confirms extent of Loyaltybuild data breach Full credit card details of more than 376,000 compromised 13 Nov
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