A survey of mid- to large-sized organizations found 3 of 4 respondents would not be able to find a data breach until sometime after it had occurred, CSO Online reported.
A cyberattack against LifeWise Health Plan may have affected 250,000 residents in Oregon, Statesman Journal reported.
Startup lender Kreditech is looking into a data breach potentially caused by a malicious insider that may have affected sensitive client information, KrebsOnSecurity reported.
A bipartisan bill introduced in Congress could curb privacy protection concerns regarding confidential student data collected by the education technology industry, The New York Times reported.
The IRS met with big players in the tax preparation industry, including tax software firms, to come up with a plan to stop tax fraud, The Wall Street Journal reported.
Retailers are advocating for greater customer information protections by asking Congress to pass federal data breach notification legislation.
A data breach at health insurance firm Premera Blue Cross potentially compromised 11 million medical and financial records, ThirdCertainty reported.
The number of records breached in 2014 jumped 25 percent year over year to 1 billion, according to IBM.
A jewelry store owner and two of his employees at a location in San Diego committed identity theft after stealing the personal information of military members, NBC affiliate KNSD in San Diego reported.
A new survey on data privacy protection and security found almost half of patients are worried about data breaches, Healthcare Informatics reported.