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In this week's issue: extortionists have begun targeting Ashley Madison users, one-third of employees would sell their company secrets, FTC can now fine companies for poor data security, phishing attacks can cost organizations millions and in this week's Rippleshot blog post, Rippleshot CEO Canh Tran compares the major mobile payment platforms to determine if any of these will win the battle against fraud.

In this week's issue: Ashley Madison's users have their personal information exposed, Target and Visa reach a settlement regarding the retailers data breach, the Illinois Department of Corrections exposes employee personal information,  the IRS data breach is worse than initially reported, and we take a look atBeware Of Public Cellphone Charging Stations

In this week's issue: a Chip-Card skimmer was uncovered inside an ATM in Mexico, an investigation has been conducted into Carphone Warehouse's data breach, eCommerce sites brace for an increase in fraud, authorities foil a 5-year hacking scheme and in this week's Rippleshot blog post, we take a look into small businesses and how many are unaware of the upcoming EMV shift.

In this week's issue: the University of Connecticut's cyberintrusion attack originated in China, the FBI issued a warning on DDoS attacks, security researchers have hacked the Square reader,phishing attacks are up 74% in  Q2 of 2015, and we recap the fraud management panel from this week's Retail Reinvention summit featuring Rippleshot CEO, Canh Tran.

In this week's issue: CurrentC Is Ready To Launch, ATM Skimming Up In U.S., Five Men Arrested With Possible Connection To JPMorgan Hack, McLean Hospital Suffers Data Breach and in this week's Rippleshot blog post, we cover the latest updates from the Target data breach lawsuit.

In this week's issue: the UCLA Health system was breached, Ashley Madison confirms that its been hacked, it appears more retailers have been breached due to a third-party vendor, the FTC is going after LifeLock for poor data security and in this week's blog post, liberal card re-issuance is costing financial institutions due to data breaches.

In this week's issue: the Army National Guard discloses a data breach, a California-based hotel group has been breached, Walmart Canada is investigating a potential breach involving it's photocentre, cyber insurance rises in popularity to meet a growing need, and in this week's blog post, we take an in depth look at the upcoming October 2015 EMV deadline.  

In this week's issue:  an Illinois insurer exposes personal data due to a software error, a spyware vendor is the latest victim of a data breach, the Detroit Zoo is investigating a potential data breach, a new study shows security gaps in vendor risk management and in this week's Rippleshot blog post, we put together an infographic with ten data breach statistics that you need to know moving forward.

In this week's issue: the Department of Justice is investigating a potential data breach involving an ATF executive, banking malware is getting tougher to block, banks are seeing suspicious activity at Trump Properties locations, JPMorgan Chase has reassigned their CISO a year after data breach, and for this week's Rippleshot content, we look at how hackers steal credit card information and what they do with it after. 

In this week's issue: the Montefiore Health System suffers a data breach, the Office of Personnel Management  data breach went undetected for a year, 15-30 percent of eCommerce sites infected with CISM, a potential breach at Hershey Park may have occured, and in this week's Rippleshot blog post, we take a look at data breaches and small businesses.

In this week's issue: consumer call scams up are steadily increasing, a data breach was discovered at Fred's Super Dollar, Samsung Galaxy security exploit has been uncovered by security researchers, LastPass suffers a data breach, and for this week's Rippleshot blog post, we recap the Trustwave 2015 Global Security Report.

In this week's issue: the Syrian Electronic Army claims responsibility for the U.S. Army Hack, a strain of POS malware could target any POS system, Eataly NYC confirms data breach, Kaspersky Lab hacked And this week's Rippleshot content, we recap Of The 2015 Ponemon Institute Cost Of A Data Breach Study.

In this week's issue: a data breach exposes nearly $1.4 million worth of Woolworth's gift cards, hackers compromise the personal information of a million Japanese citizens, the biggest MasterCard issuers were behind the scuttled Target data breach lawsuit, a stolen employee laptop leads to a data breach, and in this week's Rippleshot content, we take a look into the Home Depot data breach lawsuits. 

In this week's issue: the IRS data hack appears to be linked back to Russia, North Dakota amends its state data breach law, six deadly data breach prevention sins for financial institutions, the average cost of a data breach rises to $3.8 million and we take a look at how many personal records have been exposed in 2015 due to data breaches.

In this week's Data Breach Ripples, 20 percent of security professionasl have seen their company hide a data breach, a mobile spy software company suffers a data breach, the Chicago Public Schools district exposed the personal information of 4,000 students, the St. Louis Federal Reserve suffers a DNS breach and for this week's Rippleshot content, we recap ISMG's Chicago Fraud Summit and how issuers, merchants and card networks view the upcoming EMV shift.