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NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James today announced a $600,000 agreement with EyeMed that resolves a 2020 data breach that compromised the personal information of approximately 2.1 million consumers nationwide , including 98,632 in New York state.

Koons Automotive Group identified a data breach that may have compromised customers’ personal information.

A 12-year-old vulnerability has been discovered in the Polkit utility that could allow unprivileged attackers to gain root access to targeted Linux.

Google abandons FLoC, its controversial plan to replace 3rd-party cookies, in favor of a new Privacy Sandbox proposal called "Topics"

Recently, Electromed, Inc. announced that the company experienced a data-security event impacting the personal and health information of more than 47,000 individuals, including...

A newly released report shows data compromises were at an all-time high during 2021. The Annual Data Breach Report released Monday by the Identity Theft...

Researchers uncover a new espionage campaign targeting high-ranking government officials and individuals in the defense industry in Western Asia.

The new year brings with it worrying trends about the rising threat to law firms posed by ever-more sophisticated ransomware attacks.    Cybersecurity firm Skybox Security reported that...

You may remember the Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack. Launched in May of last year, DarkSide’s attack cost the Colonial Pipeline Company something on the order of $4.4 million dollars (though the FBI was able to claw some of that money back). The attack set the stage for President Biden’s Executive Order on cybersecurity, shut down pipeline production, and caused panic buying across the Southeast.

Commentary From Crisis Management Expert Edward Segal, Author of the Award- Winning book Crisis Ahead: 101 Ways to Prepare for and Bounce Back from Disasters, Scandals, and Other Emergencies (Nicholas Brealey)In a crisis, timing is everything. As the unfolding situation at interactive gaming company Activision Blizzard shows, any delays in reporting or