Folksam data breach leaks info of 1M Swedes to Google, Facebook, more
Folksam, one of the largest insurance companies in Sweden, today disclosed a data breach affecting around 1 million Swedes after […]
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23,600 hacked databases have leaked from a defunct ‘data breach index’ site
Site archive of Cit0day.in has now leaked on two hacking forums after the service shut down in September. Cit0day operated […]
Marriott International fined £18.4m for 2014 data breach
The UK data regulator has issued Marriott International with a watered-down £18.4 million fine for a data breach that affected […]
A Hacker Is Threatening to Leak Patients’ Therapy Notes
An extortionist has turned a breach of Finland’s Vastaamo mental health services provider into a nightmare for victims. It seems […]
Twitter Data-Breach Case Won’t Be Resolved Before Year’s End
European privacy regulators are unlikely to issue a final ruling on Twitter’s handling of a 2019 data breach before the […]
No GDPR damages after data breach, says German court
In a civil action following a personal data breach affecting a credit card bonus programme, the Regional Court (Landgericht) Frankfurt […]
ICO fines British Airways £20m for data breach affecting more than 400,000 customers
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined British Airways (BA) £20m for failing to protect the personal and financial details […]
Half of Organizations Experienced Security Incidents While Working Remotely
As businesses try to deliver a seamless hybrid experience of work from home and office, Tessian’s Securing the Future of […]
Shopify reports ‘rogue’ employees stole some customer data
The company’s software enables online shopping for other businesses, and in a blog post it revealed that two employees were […]
Human error reveals personal data of 18,000 Welsh Covid-19 sufferers
Public Health Wales yesterday announced a data breach involving the personally identifiable data of 18,105 people resident in Wales who […]
Uber former security chief charged in connection with attempted data breach cover-up
The US Department of Justice has charged Joseph Sullivan, former chief security officer at Uber, with obstruction of justice following […]
Violation of personal data security by the Danish Data Protection Agency
Denmark’s data protection authority Datatilsynet has suffered a data breach when it discovered that its own documents, which should have […]