Security experts say health care industry is prized target for cyber criminals. Cyber security experts say that the recent data hack at LifeLabs, one of Canada’s largest medical services companies, is part of a broader problem faced by the North American health care industry. LifeLabs revealed Tuesday that hackers gained access to the personal information [...]
Freedom Mobile hit by data breach,15,000 customers affected. TORONTO -- Freedom Mobile confirmed Tuesday it had a data security breach from late March to late April, but the wireless carrier said only about 15,000 customers were affected -- far fewer than an outside research firm's estimate. The Calgary-based company -- which operates networks in Ontario, [...]
Cloud database removed after exposing details on 80 million US households. Exclusive: The cache included information on addresses, income levels and marital status. In a blow to consumers' privacy, the addresses and demographic details of more than 80 million US households were exposed on an unsecured database stored on the cloud, independent security researchers have [...]
Flipboard Account Security Notice - Flipboard User Data Hacked. The company Flipboard is sending the following to all its users in a transparency bid. The following is the email being sent to all users: Dear Flipboard Community, We are writing to let you know about a security incident we recently identified and addressed [...]