Tag: DATATHEFT

Earlier this month, an unnamed hacker reportedly infiltrated a Nintendo 3DS promotional site and uncovered the names, e-mail addresses and postal codes of 4,000 Nintendo members. The assailant then allegedly blackmailed Nintendo because he believed "the firm had shown negligence in not securing the information more effectively." According to Naked Security, Nintendo alerted the Spanish Data ...

Since identity theft has become old news, cybercriminals are looking to corporate data theft as their new gravy train, USA Today reports. A host of online corporate theft has descended on the United States recently, and hackers have found their way into everything from financial data and factory blueprints to product designs. Most often, according to experts, the culprit for such security ...

Laptops have long been a top concern for Information Technology (IT) security experts, but recent surveys have shown that the newest top priority is securing smart phones, such as BlackBerrys and even iPhones. According to the survey conducted by data protection supplier Credant Technologies, a whopping 94-percent of senior IT staff fear that smart phones and PDAs present a security risk. That ...