The data of professionals licensed with Washington state may have been compromised, according to the agency that issues such licenses. The state issues and processes about 40 types of professional… Read More
The Amazon-owned livestreaming network Twitch has confirmed that it’s been hacked, in what one BBC analyst called “the biggest leak I have ever seen.” Early Wednesday, an anonymous poster on… Read More
The Office of the Washington State Auditor is investigating a security incident which has compromised the personal information of more than 1.6 million people who filed for unemployment claims in… Read More
Zappos is giving customers who may have been affected by a major 2012 data breach 10 percent discounts on purchases through the end of the year. The discounts are part… Read More
Updated with Vodafone statement. A federal grand jury indicted Paige Thompson, a former Amazon engineer, on multiple counts of wire fraud and computer fraud on allegations that she not only… Read More
A federal judge in Seattle ordered Paige Thompson, a former Amazon employee accused of hacking Capital One and dozens of other companies, to remain in federal custody as her trial… Read More
Premera Blue Cross, the Pacific Northwest’s largest health insurance company, agreed to pay $10 million to Washington and 29 other states related to a data breach that affected the personal… Read More
If you got an email indicating you were affected by the latest internet data breach and were mystified, you’ve apparently got plenty of company. The popular web question-and-answer site Quora… Read More
It’s easy to focus on the big number associated with the Starwood breach announced by Marriott International on Friday — 500 million accounts compromised. But I’m focused on a much… Read More
Facebook is releasing new details of an attack that gave hackers access to tens of millions of individuals’ Facebook accounts. At the same time, it revised downward the number of… Read More
Uber will pay Washington state $5.79 million as part of a massive $148 million settlement reached with attorneys general in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Uber settled… Read More
T-Mobile discovered and shut down a breach that the company says could have exposed some customers’ personal information. UPDATE: T-Mobile breach impacted 3% of customer base, roughly 2M accounts The Bellevue, Wash.… Read More
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Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson is suing Uber in King County Superior Court for failing to report a massive data breach that exposed the personal information of 57 million… Read More
In an age where companies and governments are protecting themselves against cyberattacks on a global scale, mundane security risks are easy to overlook. Boeing found that out the hard way after the private… Read More
A hacker has extracted contact information belonging to 20,000 FBI employees and published via the Internet on Monday, according to CNN. The data dump on the FBI employees came a… Read More
Costco is telling customers they can start ordering photos online again, seven weeks after a security breach at a third-party hosting company forced it and several other photo ordering sites to go down… Read More