data breach

October 17, 2023

Equifax Fined £11 Million for Historic Cyber Breach

Equifax Ltd has been fined £11 million by Britain’s financial watchdog for a severe cybersecurity breach in 2017.

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October 16, 2023

Ireland’s Central Bank faces historic fine for major GDPR breach

Irish DPA has initiated an investigation into the Central Bank for a possible data breach due to retention of borrowers’ data beyond the legal limit.

September 24, 2023

TikTok Fined €345m For Children’s Data Breaches

The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) has fined TikTok €345m for breaches related to mishandling of children’s data.

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May 3, 2023

AG provides opinion on presumed fault of the controller in case of data breach

Advocate General of CJEU examined the interpretation of the civil non-material right to damages and duty of care concerning technical and organisational measures under.

January 29, 2023

Dutch hacker obtained virtually all Austrians’ personal data

The police did not elaborate on the consequences for Austrians’ data security.

January 19, 2023

European data protection authorities issue record €2.92 billion in GDPR fines

DLA Piper’s GDPR and Data Breach survey shows a 168% increase in fines in the last 12 months.

January 12, 2023

Facebook data-scraping breach triggers GDPR enforcement lawsuit in Ireland

Meta and its lead data protection regulator in the European Union are facing an interesting legal challenge over a major data-scraping breach and GDPR enforcement of it.

January 2, 2023

Twitter in data-protection probe after ‘400 million’ user details up for sale

A watchdog is to investigate Twitter after a hacker claimed to have private details linked to more than 400 million accounts.

December 23, 2022

UK Privacy Regulator Names and Shames Breached Firms

ICO publishes detailed list of complaints and investigations.

December 6, 2022

9 Out of 10 Security Leaders State That Control Failures Are the Primary Reason For Data Breaches

Senior cybersecurity professionals reveal their number one frustration is the inability to continuously measure enterprise-wide security posture and identify control failures.