Say you’ve come across a discount online retailer promising a steal on hand-stitched espadrilles for spring. You start setting up an account by offering your e-mail address -- but before you can finish, there’s a ping on your phone. A text message. You read it and respond, then...

Toronto-Dominion (TD) Bank is notifying customers about a mishap that may have exposed the personal details of more than a quarter million people. In letters sent to folks along the East Coast of the US, the company writes that it lost two data backup tapes that may have...