The typical consumer data breach costs compromised businesses millions of dollars, with expenses rising exponentially for incidents on par with those that affected Equifax or Facebook in recent years, according to new research from IBM Security and Ponemon Institute. On a global scale, the average data breach exposes 25,575 sensitive consumer records and carries a total cost of $3.92 million, according to IBM’s … Read More
Sprint says hackers breached customer accounts via Samsung website
US mobile network operator Sprint said hackers broke into an unknown number of customer accounts via the Samsung.com “add a line” website. “On June 22, Sprint was informed of unauthorized access to your Sprint account using your account credentials via the Samsung.com ‘add a line’ website,” Sprint said in a letter it is sending impacted customers. “The personal information of yours … Read More