For US Consumers: Ignorance of Data Breaches is Bliss

Studies show that U.S. consumers are worried about data breaches, but assume they’re not affected by them.

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US Firms May Be Early Targets of GDPR

Large US firms may be among the first targets of EU regulators once the General Data Protection Rule goes into effect.

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Following Uber Breach Senators Introduce Data Breach Notification Act

Legislation filed last week would require companies to notify consumers of data breaches within 30 days and make it a crime punishable by as much as five years in prison for knowingly concealing them.

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PayPal: 1.6M Customers Potentially Impacted by TIO Breach

PayPal Holdings Inc. said Friday it's investigating a breach at a company it acquired in July, TIO Networks, that may have affected approximately 1.6 million customers.

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Seventy Percent of Customers Say They’ll Bail after a Breach - but is it True?

A survey of consumers finds hardened attitudes about data breaches, with 7 in 10 saying they would stop doing business with a company that lost their data.

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Supreme Court Could Decide Question of “Harm” in Data Breaches

A case related to breaches at the firm CareFirst could see the U.S.’s top court weighing in on the legal question of whether having your data stolen constitutes “harm” to individuals.

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Game of Pwns: Breach Notices Suggest Few Victims in HBO Hack

Statements mailed to state attorneys general suggest the breach - which saw episodes of Game of Thrones released early - affected a small number of people, not HBO’s millions of subscribers.

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Hilton Was Fined $700K for a Data Breach. Under GDPR It Would Be $420M

Consider $2 per lost record versus $1,200 per lost record. That’s the difference between what Hilton will pay to New York State versus what it will pay to EU regulators once the GDPR takes effect in May.

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New Revelations and Website Weirdness Push Equifax from Bad to Worse

Driver’s license data on millions may have been stolen, while many more Brits were affected.

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Do Dark Markets Drive Data Breaches?

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein claims that dark markets drive breaches. It’s an interesting idea - but also a dangerous one, and wrong.

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