data breach

February 11, 2020

Software error exposes the ID numbers for 1.26 million Danish citizens

Danish tax portal accidentally shares tax payer identification numbers with Google and Adobe analytics services. The error lasted for five […]

February 7, 2020

Human error is the main data breach trend under the new GDPR regime not cybersecurity incidents according the Irish Data […]

February 4, 2020

Corporations love to pretend that ‘anonymization’ of the data they collect protects consumers. Studies keep showing that’s not really true. […]

February 2, 2020

Use of personal devices when accessing cloud services and the sprawl of high-risk cloud services drive new areas of risk […]

January 21, 2020

New findings from DLA Piper show that 160,000 data breach notifications reported across 28 European Union Member States and data […]

January 11, 2020

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined DSG Retail Limited (DSG) £500,000 after a ‘point of sale’ computer system was […]

January 10, 2020

Further to the publication of the ICO’s notices of intention to fine British Airways and Marriott in July 2019, the […]

December 31, 2019

A proposed class action lawsuit has been filed against medical services company LifeLabs over a data breach that allowed hackers […]

December 27, 2019

Words With Friends company admitted hack in September but size only now revealed. More than 170m usernames and passwords were […]

December 26, 2019

Trend Micro Incorporated a specialist in cybersecurity solutions, today released the results of its latest Cyber Risk Index (CRI) study. […]

December 16, 2019

Personal banking information for tens of thousands of Facebook Inc. workers in the U.S. was compromised last month when a […]

December 13, 2019

Bitcoin-hungry hackers have attacked a data center in Argentina which houses local government files. The size of the Bitcoin ransom […]