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In this week's Data Breach Ripples, Chase plans to rollout EMV cards to its debit card users, cybercrime costs are expected to soar to 2 trillion by 2019, the personal data of over 70 million Americans was exposed due to data breaches in 2014, 91 percent of health industry companies surveyed have suffered at least one data breach and in this week's blog post, we take a look at how cybercriminals can steal your paymetn card data in everyday scenarios. 

In this week's issue: Sally Beauty appears to have suffered a second data breach in nearly a year, there is belief that widespread EMV adoption in the U.S. could be delayed until 2020, UC Berkeley suffered a data breach exposing current and former students, the Hard Rock Casino in Las Vegas suffered a data breach lasting over 7 months and for this week's Rippleshot blog post, we take a look at the pressure retailers and organizations face as the pressure to adopt new payment technology puts cardholder security at risk.

In this week's issue: SendGrid suffers a data breach, Best Buy will begin accepting Apple Pay starting this year, Adobe Systems plans to settle its class action lawsuit, banks are losing up to $100k/hr due to improved DDoS attacks and for this week, we take a look into the expected increase in fraud once the U.S. makes the shift to EMV payment cards.

In this week's issue: over 1,500 iOS apps are vulnerable to an eavesdropping exploit, data breaches have affected one in every four Americans, the Wall Street Journal takes an indepth look into how to protect one's corporate data, another POS vendor falls victim to a data breach, and in this week's Rippleshot blog post, we take a look at data breach prevention and data breach detection capabilities. 

In this week's issue: Uber hires a new security officer from Facebook, financial institutions and retailers are skirmishing over the upcoming EMV deadline, UC Riverside suffers a data breach exposing the personal information of 8,000, AT&T is going to settle a data breach complaint by agreeing to pay $25 million and for the Rippleshot content of the week, we've put together a great infographic using Rippleshot research to determine the top five most compromised merchant categories in the U.S. 

In this week's issue: Uber hires a new security officer from Facebook, financial institutions and retailers are skirmishing over the upcoming EMV deadline, UC Riverside suffers a data breach exposing the personal information of 8,000, AT&T is going to settle a data breach complaint by agreeing to pay $25 million and for the Rippleshot content of the week, we've put together a great infographic using Rippleshot research to determine the top five most compromised merchant categories in the U.S. 

In this week's issue: various Dark Net sites are selling thousands of Uber passwords, the U.S. Justice Department wants power to fight U.S. card fraud abroad, business communications app Slack suffers a data breach, President Obama declares cyberattacks a national emergency and this week we're proud to introduce our latest white paper on EMV adoption in the U.S.

In this week's issue: live streaming website Twitch experiences a data breach, a national data security breach bill moves one step forward, a Hilton HHonors security flaw exposed all of its users' accounts, nearly seven in ten U.S. patients would avoid healthcare providers that suffer a data breach and in this week's Rippleshot blog post, we take a look at data breach fatigue and its impact on consumers. 

In this week's issue: another health care provider has suffered a data breach, Target is looking to settle its 2013 data breach lawsuit, a recent Verizon report indicated that nearly half of all American consumers have been affected by a data breach, Uber discloses information regarding its driver-related data breach and in this week's Rippleshot blog post, we take a look at the fraudulent spending related to cards used on Apple Pay.

In this week's issue: the University of Chicago suffers a data breach affecting students, current and former employees, a point-of-sale vendor probes a potential data breach affecting its customers, a campaign is pushing card issuing banks to promote Chip and PIN and in the latest Rippleshot blog post, we pull 10 more data breach statistics that you need to see.

In this week's issue: a data breach was announced affecting Mandarin Hotels, MasterCard backs Samsung Pay following the Mobile World Congress, several finanical institutions are starting to see a rise in fraud related to Apple Pay, a Canadian ISP suffers a data breach and in the latest Rippleshot blog post, we dive into the New York State Department of Financial Services latest report on cyber security in the insurance sector.

In this week's issue: the Anthem data breach could affect 8.8 million non-customers, Target lists its data breach costs at $162 million for 2013-14, Gemalto investigates the claims that government agencies hacked its SIM card encryption keys, Google plans to launch its new mobile payment API and in the latest Rippleshot blog post, we take a look at President Obama's Executive Order on cybersecurity.

In this week's issue: a recent Kaspersky Lab report indicates that a group of hackers may have stolen upwards of $1 billion from banks across the globe, the costs of fraud have spiked costing retailers $32 billion in 2014, Samsung is poised to introduce its new Apple Pay competitor, and in the latest Rippleshot blog post we take a look at 10 data breach statistics that you need to know.

In this week's issue: the first lawsuits have been filed following the Anthem data breach, a new study indicates that more than 30 percent of big merchants are not PCI compliant, the year of 2014 saw over 1 billion records compromised by data breaches, retailers rank payment security as a top concern in 2015 and in the most recent Rippleshot blog post, we take a look at the most common data security misconceptions plaguing the payments industry.

In this week's issue: a massive healthcare data breach could affect as many as 80 million Americans, the same hackers that attacked Target breach another parking service provider, Target announces its new CIO to lead the company, the recent Sony hack will cost the company over $35 million in IT costs alone and the Rippleshot team takes a look at the current lawsuits against Target following their 2013 data breach.