26 million LiveJournal credentials leaked online, sold on the dark web
LiveJournal credentials were obtained in a 2014 hack, but leaked online earlier this month. According to Have I Been Pwned […]
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Equifax agrees to spend over $30 million to settle claims over 2017 data breach
Equifax has agreed to a proposed class action settlement with financial institutions over its 2017 data breach that affected roughly […]
EasyJet faces £18 billion class-action lawsuit over data breach
UK budget airline easyJet is facing an £18 billion class-action lawsuit filed on behalf of customers impacted by a recently-disclosed […]
Hacker Selling 80,000 Users’ Data Stolen From Cryptocurrency Wallets
A hacker who was behind the cyber attack on Ethereum.org is now selling data tied to key cryptocurrency wallets like […]
Over 190 Law Firms Affected by Advanced Data Leak That Exposed Over 10,000 Legal Documents
A leading UK software company exposed personal information and legal documents belonging to over 190 law firms through a data […]
Hacker leaks 40 million user records from popular Wishbone app
A hacker has put up for sale the details of 40 million users registered on Wishbone, a popular mobile app […]
REvil Ransomware found buyer for Trump data, now targeting Madonna
REvil ransomware group claims to have buyers ready for documents containing damaging information about US President Donald Trump and is […]
First GDPR fine issued in Ireland
Eilis McDonald & John Magee Tusla, Ireland’s child and family agency, has become the first organisation fined under the GDPR […]
EasyJet announces cybersecurity incident affecting 9 million clients
EasyJet announced that it had been “the target of a cybersecurity attack from a highly sophisticated source”. EasyJet stated that […]
Austrian ministry could face GDPR penalty after publishing personal data online
Austrians’ personal data has been publicly accessible on the Ministry of Economy’s website since 2009. One could simply go to […]
Criminal forum trading stolen data suffers ironic data breach
Someone on the dark web is touting for sale an unusual database a lot of people might pay handsomely to […]
Washington, D.C. Adds Security Requirements in New Data Breach Notification Law
Washington, D.C. amended its data breach notification law (D.C. Act 23-268) on March 26, 2020, expanding the definition of personal […]