Imgur confirms 1.7 million users hit by data breach
Image-sharing website Imgur has confirmed that the emails and passwords of 1.7 million users were compromised in 2014. Source: Imgur […]
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How does your privacy program measure up?
As the calendar year comes to a close, many of us in the privacy field find ourselves tending to year-end […]
Hacker pleads guilty to huge Yahoo hack, admits helping Russia’s FSB
Three fellow co-defendants remain at large in Russia, unlikely to be extradited. Source: Hacker pleads guilty to huge Yahoo hack, […]
The weakest link in protecting privacy? Personal staff
In addition to establishing best practices, building trust with employees is key, too. Source: The weakest link in protecting privacy? […]
UK’s ICO offers guidance on security and breach reporting for eID and trust services
Businesses that provide services designed to show that electronic data is authentic and can be trusted have been issued with […]
Uber paid $100,000 to keep data breach secret
A 20-year-old Florida man was responsible for the large data breach at Uber Technologies Inc last year and was paid […]
PayPal says personal data may be compromised for 1.6 million TIO users
PayPal Holdings Inc. said Friday that personally identifiable information for roughly 1.6 million users has potentially been compromised at a […]
Mandatory data breach notification coming to Australia
Mandatory data breach notification (MDBN) becomes law in Australia on 22 February 2018. This is a high-impact development requiring businesses […]
Data breach law proposed by US Senate members
The new bill, called the Data Security and Breach Notification Act, was introduced in the wake of reports that Uber […]
Equifax says more than 19,000 Canadians affected by security breach
Equifax Canada has revised the number of Canadians caught up in a massive data breach earlier this year, saying an […]
CNIL serves notice to cease serious breach of privacy of connected toys
The robot «I-QUE» and the doll «My Friend Cayla» are so called “connected toys”. They answer children’s questions on various […]
Morrisons data leak: Supermarket liable for staff details breach
Thousands of current and former employees claim the supermarket failed to keep their data safe. Source: Morrisons data leak: Supermarket […]