The Latest Big Data Breach Should Make You Rethink How You Pay For Everything
The restaurant group Earl Enterprises confirmed that over two million credit cards were compromised in a breach affecting diners at […]
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The data trash-pile blame game
The tale of the latest Facebook data spill, announced Wednesday by security outfit Upguard, has a unique new twist: No […]
Facebook app developers leaked millions of user records on cloud servers
Facebook app developers left hundreds of millions of user records exposed on publicly visible cloud servers. The larger of the […]
Facebook staff ‘flagged Cambridge Analytica fears earlier than thought’
Facebook employees raised concerns about Cambridge Analytica’s data-scraping practices three months earlier than thought, according to US court documents. A […]
Birmingham Court fines pair over data breaches
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has warned that employees could face criminal charges if they access or share personal data […]
How to report a data breach under GDPR
Data breach notification requirements are now mandatory and time-sensitive under GDPR. While the details of what an organization needs to […]
61% of CIOs say employees are maliciously leaking data
A study of the root causes of insider breaches has found that 61% of IT leaders believe that employees have […]
Data breaches ‘major contributor’ to UK fraud
Data breaches are a “major contributor” to fraud experienced in the UK, a new report by a banking industry trade […]
Finland to investigate Nokia about sending data to China
Finland’s data protection ombudsman said on Thursday he would investigate whether Nokia-branded phones had breached data rules after a report […]
Year 1 of GDPR: Over 200,000 cases reported, firms fined €56 meeelli… Oh, that’s mostly Google
European data protection agencies have issued fines totalling €56m for GDPR breaches since it was enforced last May, from more […]
Most ICO data breach reports late and incomplete prior to GDPR
A Freedom of Information (FOI) request from the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) was released today revealing the amount of late […]
Data breaches up 400 percent, 15 billion records compromised
The number of data breaches increased more than 400 percent in 2018 exposing almost 15 billion records, according to the […]