In early November, VTech Holdings, became one of the latest victims of a large-scale data loss, after a hacker stole client data. There was an especially troubling component to this loss. However, as the data stolen included information on customer’s children. VTech Holdings offers connected educational toys, along with business and personal phones. The educational toys…
The recent rise in the number of large-scale cyber-attacks shows that no organization that collects and processes personal data is immune from data security risks. Asia has always been a bit behind other countries when it comes to cyber security, mostly because they were not targeted as much as other countries. However, there is a…
We saw several mistakes made by big companies in 2015. Companies can get away with complete disregard for proper security protocols for a short time until the right attacker finds their vulnerability. Such is the case for a St. Louis-based investment adviser who didn’t implement the right security to protect his customer’s personal identifiable information…