The FBI's investigation of Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server is "ongoing," at least as of earlier this month. A letter written by a lead FBI agent was filed in court this week revealing the information.

Bill Clinton has come out to defend his wife over her email controversies. In a speech to voters, Clinton compared her current email scandal to a former scandal, which ended up without charges. He claims that the investigation is aimed to make it look like she did something bad.

Fifty percent of all data breaches in 2015 exposed email addresses and passwords, according to a new report from Risk Based Security. The firm found that of the almost 4,000 reported data breaches, 736 million data records were exposed and 40.5 percent took place in U.S. organizations.

A former University of Central Florida student body president is leading a class action lawsuit against the university after a data breach. The breach exposed personal details of more than 63,000 staff and faculty members and current and former students. Attackers were able to access social security numbers (SSNs), but not credit card details.

Email automation and CRM tool SoftVu has unveiled its email automation and text messaging platform for the accounts receivable management industry. The tool allows Debt Buyers and Collection Agencies to communicate directly with consumers using personalized messages through email and texts.

CNET writer Jessicah Delcort revealed that her Gmail account was recently hacked into. Delcourt revealed that she got fake messages that appeared to come from Instagram and Microsoft to her email which hadn't registered for these accounts. After this, she started receiving email for the game watching service Twitch and Music.ly. Trying to put a stop to it, she contacted Google who referred her to their FAQ and a nine point security checklist. According to Delcourt, the attack was likely a mailbot that had signed her up for multiple websites and newsletters.

Guccifer, The Romanian hacker who exposed Hillary Clinton's private email server, is waiving extradition in order to go to trial in the United States. Marcel Lehel Lazar is currently in prison in Romania serving a four-year sentences. He has been incarcerated since January 2014 when he was sentenced for hacking into the email accounts of Romanian government officials.

The email addresses and home addresses of U.S. Women's National Soccer team players have been published in part of a legal dispute with the union representing the World Cup. The list was published as part of the documents filed in the law suit over the team's right to strike. The public document includes the personal data related to 28 national team players.

Advertisers that have taken out TV ads during the Superbowl have an opportunity to follow up with email marketing. Almost one in three aged 35+ will check their email while watching the Superbowl, according to new research from ADI. This age group has the largest amount of disposable income.

A new State Department probe has discovered that former Secretary of State Colin Powell, as well as top aides to former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice may have received classified information on personal email accounts. The new revelations come as former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is being investigated for the use of a private email server while in office.