Data breach at Experian, 24 million South Africans’ personal information exposed
Consumer, business and credit information services agency Experian has experienced a breach of data which has exposed personal information of […]
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Companies with poor privacy practices are 80% more apt to suffer data breach
Poor privacy=data breach as reported by Osano was proven July 15 when Twitter was hacked and 130 accounts – including […]
Marriott International faces class action suit over mass data breach
Technology consultant leads legal action after hackers stole personal details of 300m guests. Hotel group Marriott International is facing a […]
Capital One Fined $80 Million in Data Breach
The U.S. Treasury Department has fined Capital One $80 million for careless network security practices that enabled a hack that […]
Morgan Stanley Hit with Class Lawsuit Over Alleged Data Breaches
Former and current Morgan Stanley customers have filed a putative class-action lawsuit alleging negligence and invasion of privacy over the […]
UK data watchdog having a hard time making GDPR fines stick
British Airways expects the fine for its 2018 credit card data leak to be just 10.8 per cent of the […]
Garmin global outage caused by ransomware attack
The WastedLocker ransomware, used by a notorious Russian hacking group, is said to be to blame. The incident began late […]
Seven ‘no log’ VPN providers accused of leaking user logs onto the internet
A string of “zero logging” VPN providers have some explaining to do after more than a terabyte of user logs […]
LinkedIn Sued Over Access to Clipboard Data
Social networking company LinkedIn was hit with a class-action complaint alleging that it engaged in “a particularly brazen, indefensible privacy […]
UK government reported 500 personal data breaches to ICO in a year
Central government reported almost 500 personal data breaches to the Information Commissioner’s Office in the 2020 fiscal year, with one […]
Police Are Buying Access to Hacked Website Data
Hackers break into websites, steal information, and then publish that data all the time, with other hackers or scammers then […]
Dating Apps Exposed 845 GB of Explicit Photos, Chats, and More
The researchers found 845 gigabytes and close to 2.5 million records, likely representing data from hundreds of thousands of users. […]