The Swedish DPA issues 18,700 euro fine against the National Government Service Centre
The Swedish Data Protection Authority imposes an administrative fine of 200,000 Swedish kronor (approximately 18,700 euro) on the National Government […]
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Nintendo Accounts Hacked with Security Breach
Nintendo recently announced in a press release (originally published in Japanese) that ID and password information for Nintendo Network IDs […]
GDPR Compliance Site Leaks Git Data, Passwords
Researchers discovered a .git folder exposing passwords and more for a website that gives advice to organizations about complying with […]
Insurance Client Sues Small Law Firm $1.5M for data Breach
Warden Grier, a small four-person law firm, is being sued by it’s client – Chicago based insurance company Hiscox Insurance […]
UniCredit Hackers Try to Sell Employee Data on Cyber-Crime Forums
Data on about 3,000 UniCredit SpA employees was put up for sale on cyber-crime forums after a hacking attack. The […]
267 Million Facebook Identities on sale for 500 Euros
One of the threat actors have dropped an online bomb by dropping the identities of 267 Million Facebook Users for […]
Personal data of 115mn Pakistani mobile users go on sale on Dark Web
A Pakistani cybersecurity company has discovered a data dump of 115 million Pakistani mobile users’ data, which have been put […]
UK Cabinet Office at risk of further data breaches, review concludes
A government department admonished for publishing honours list details in error is at “significant risk” of making further and bigger […]
UK Supreme Court says employer not liable for data breach by a disgruntled employee
The U.K.’s top court ruled that a British supermarket can’t be held responsible for a data breach by a disgruntled […]
Key Ring data leak exposes millions of user details
Key Ring, an app that lets people upload and store card details, has left the information of millions of users […]
Marriott says new data breach affects 5.2 million guests
Marriott says guests’ names, loyalty account information and other personal details may have been accessed in the second major data […]
Personal details for the entire country of Georgia published online
A file containing personal information for 4,934,863 Georgians has been published on a hacker forum over the weekend. Personal information […]