Nov 30 Watch 5:02 News Wrap: Ukraine closes border to Russian men Friday in our news wrap, Ukraine escalated its standoff with Russia. President Petro Poroshenko closed the border to all Russian men ages 16 to 60, saying he wants to prevent fighters from joining rebels in the eastern part of Ukraine. Continue watching
Nov 30 Watch 6:48 Why companies are still failing to protect our personal data A newly announced breach into the Marriott hotel chain’s reservation database is one of the biggest hacks in history, affecting half a billion customers in all. Amna Nawaz speaks with David Kennedy, co-founder of security firm TrustedSec, to understand what's… Continue watching
Apr 24 Company formerly known as Yahoo will pay $35 million to settle federal charges over 2014 hack By Associated Press Personal data was stolen from hundreds of millions of Yahoo users in the December 2014 breach attributed to Russian hackers. Continue reading
Apr 10 Facebook facing new federal lawsuits over handling of user data By Associated Press Facebook faces two new federal lawsuits for allegedly violating the trust of the millions of users whose personal data was shared with the data-mining firm Cambridge Analytica. Continue reading
Sep 08 Watch Did the Equifax hack put your personal data at risk? Here’s what to do now. By PBS News Hour Half of all Americans could have had their sensitive data compromised by a security breach at the credit reporting agency Equifax. William Brangham joins John Yang to discuss what happened and what consumers should do to safeguard their credit. Continue watching
Sep 07 Watch 3:04 News Wrap: Equifax data hacked for roughly 143 million Americans By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Thursday, more than a third of the U.S. population could be affected by a data breach of the credit monitoring firm Equifax. The company says intruders gained access to customer information, including social security numbers and… Continue watching
Dec 14 Hackers stole data from 1 billion Yahoo accounts By Joshua Barajas Yahoo said an "unauthorized third party" hacked these accounts in August 2013. Continue reading
Feb 26 IRS: Computer breach bigger than first thought, with 700K victims By Andrew Taylor, Associated Press WASHINGTON -- The IRS said Friday that the number of taxpayers whose tax information may have been stolen by computer hackers now exceeds 700,000 -- more than double the agency's previous estimate. Continue reading
Dec 20 Sanders software breach spotlights campaign reliance on voter data By Zachary Green Political campaigns have always had a vested interest in gathering as much information about voters as possible. The data breach between the Clinton and Sanders teams proves just how valuable that information is. Continue reading
Dec 20 Sanders campaign suspends two more staffers over data breach By Associated Press Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders' presidential campaign has suspended two more staffers after it was accused of exploiting a breach in a voter database to access files kept by Hillary Clinton's campaign. Continue reading