May 31
A former bank employee provided customer information to people outside the bank, who used the data to steal money from around 300 Bank of America customers in California and other western states.
http://www.infosecurity-us.com/view/18237/insider-data-breach-costs-bank-of-a...
May 25
Sony estimated May 23 that it will have spent $171.1 million so far this year in dealing with the April 16 security breach that compromised over 100 million user accounts on the PlayStation Network, Qriocity music and video service, and Sony Online Entertainment.
http://securitywatch.eweek.com/data_breach/sony_data_breach_cost_1711_million...
May 23
Google said Wednesday that it has fixed a security glitch that reportedly opened up 99 percent of Android-based devices to a security breach.
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2385565,00.asp
May 18
The personal financial information of up to 210,000 unemployed Massachusetts residents may have been stolen in a data breach caused by a virus discovered in state labor department computers four weeks ago, officials said yesterday.
http://www.boston.com/jobs/news/articles/2011/05/18/data_theft_may_expose_job...
May 12
Michaels Stores says the debit-card fraud stemming from tampered checkout line terminals at its stores is not isolated to the Chicago region, but is spread across 20 states.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/breaking/chibrkbus-michaels-says-debit...
Apr 27
Sony suffered a massive breach in its video game online network that led to the theft of names, addresses and possibly credit card data belonging to 77 million user accounts in what is one of the largest-ever Internet security break-ins.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/04/26/us-sony-stoldendata-idUSTRE73P6WB20...
Apr 14
Personal pay stub information of some UMass Memorial Healthcare employees was subject to unauthorized access for five months.
http://www.telegram.com/article/20110413/NEWS/104139969/1237
Mar 30
A company that runs several popular Boston bars and restaurants has agreed to pay a $110,000 penalty to settle a lawsuit by the state attorney general alleging it failed to protect customer credit and debit card information.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2011/03/28/boston_bar...
Mar 21
RSA, the information security division of EMC Corp., disclosed in an open letter from RSA chief Art Coviello that the company was breached in what it calls an "extremely sophisticated attack." Some information about its security products was stolen. Customers are bracing for more details.
http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2011/03/rsa_breach_leav.htm...
Mar 16
A benchmark study of multinational organizations independently conducted by Ponemon Institute LLC. Multinational organizations in all industries must comply with privacy and data protection laws, regulations and policies designed to protect individuals’ sensitive and confidential information.
http://www.tripwire.com/ponemon-cost-of-compliance/pressKit/True_Cost_of_Comp...