data breaches

The owner of a number of restaurants around the country warned customers about an ongoing hack into the registers of many of their locations including several in New Jersey.

As computer breaches at major banks and retailers increase with alarming frequency, one New Jersey legislator is seeking to create a law stating that if you're a victim of identity theft and you can legally verify your information, collection agencies would be forced to stop hounding you to pay debts you do not owe.

The revelation that the data breach at the U.S. government's personnel office was actually much worse than the government originally thought is following a familiar script.

Passwords written down on desks. Outdated anti-virus software. "Perceived ineptitude" in information technology departments.

The director of the FBI used a stop in Newark on Monday to highlight the Bureau's top priority - terrorism, both domestic and overseas - and field questions from the press.

A new Pew Research Internet Project report finds 61 percent of people would like to do more to protect their personal information online, while 37 percent believe they already do enough.

A group of New Jersey lawmakers said recent data breaches at Staples, Home Depot, Target and more have exposed a glaring loophole in the state's identify theft laws that they want to close.

Can data breaches in cyberspace be stopped?

Americans are spooked by recent data security breaches at major retailers across the U.S., according to a new survey.