Brinks Home data breach puts 1M customers on alert

You hire a home security company to help protect your house. So, hearing that hackers broke into the company's own computer systems may feel especially unsettling. Brinks Home has confirmed that an unauthorized party accessed part of its IT environment. The Dallas-based company says its alarm monitoring and security systems continue to work normally.

However, the intruder has threatened to release information it claims to have stolen. The Brinks Home data breach could affect a wide audience.