Uber former security chief charged in connection with attempted data breach cover-up
The US Department of Justice has charged Joseph Sullivan, former chief security officer at Uber, with obstruction of justice following […]
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Violation of personal data security by the Danish Data Protection Agency
Denmark’s data protection authority Datatilsynet has suffered a data breach when it discovered that its own documents, which should have […]
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 […]
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 […]