Global Data Breaches Exposed Nearly 2.7 Billion Records First Half of 2018

90% of login attempts at online retailers come from hackers, a study says. There have been at least 16 high-profile data breaches in the first half of 2018, but online retailers are being hit the hardest. A ne.....»»

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Global shipments of notch smartphones - models with a u-shape notch at the top of the display - from the top-six vendors totaled 86.1 million units in the first half of 2018, according to data from Sigmaintell Consulting......»»

Toy sales are up 7% to $7.9 billion for the first half of 2018, benefiting from the Toys 'R'Us liquidation, according to the latest data from The NPD Group. "I am also convinced that the strong toy in.....»»

Across the Bay Area, companies are trying to lockdown their data against cyberattacks and protect customers’ privacy – but it can be a losing battle. This year alone, for example, the average global cost of a data breach for businesses jumped 6.4 pe.....»»

Global insurance mergers and acquisitions rose to 37 billion euros in the first six months of 2018, with a host of mega deals resulting in the highest first-half total since the financial crisis, a report by Willis Towers Watson and Mergermarket showed......»»

A data breach that started in 2014 when Starwood Hotels was still an independent company may have released 500 million guest records. Marriott, which acquired Starwood in 2016, may be on the hook for........»»

Hackers targeted companies including Marriott, Facebook, and Uber for user data last year. More than a billion of people were affected by corpo.....»»

2019 got off to a better start than last year, at least when it comes to the number of personal data records exposed in data breaches. It's still early days, however......»»

A row has broken out between the London Stock Exchange-owned data provider Refinitiv and Reuters over a 2018 news agreement......»»

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The global tally for the coronavirus-borne illness rose above 147 million on Monday, as the death toll increased to 3.11 million, according to data aggregated by Johns Hopkins University. The .....»»

Facebook accidentally leaked the personal information of over 533 million users, but is unable to alert them because it's not sure who was impacted. Facebook CEO .....»»

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The global tally for confirmed cases of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 rose above 69.6 million on Friday, according to data aggregated by Johns Hopkins University, while the death toll rose above 1.58 million. The U.S. has the highe.....»»

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Apple Inc is planning to fix a flaw that a security firm said may have left more than half a billion iPhones vulnerable to hackers......»»

The London Stock Exchange said on Tuesday it was committed to completing its $27 billion takeover of data company Refinitiv in the second half of the year, with no plans to revise its savings targets for the deal as a deep recession beckons......»»

Bitcoin has got a serious rival. The original cryptocurrency accounts for well over half of the $200 billion global coin trading market. But that dominance may be threatened as a variety of smaller coins - the “stablecoins” - gain prominence......»»

Semiconductor equipment manufacturers worldwide logged sales of US$59.8 billion in 2019, a 7% drop from the all-time high of US$64.5 billion in 2018, according to SEMI......»»