All Breaches and Vulnerabilities articles – Page 7
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The importance of data protection as a service in the post-pandemic world
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, over the past 18 months global working habits have changed considerably. With the outbreak in the UK starting at the beginning of 2020, orders to stay at home were given across the country. As businesses rushed to implement strategies that would allow them to continue operations, cloud adoption and remote working accelerated at unprecedented rates.
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Details of 1m-plus credit cards ‘leaked on line’
Hackers have reportedly given away information on more than 1m stolen credit cards to promote a new cyber-criminal market place on the dark web.
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StarHub lets customers know of data breach
Singapore telecom StarHub says it is taking a series of actions to counter any harm from customers’ private information being on a data dump website.
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SolarWinds hackers accessed offices of US prosecutors
Email accounts in the offices of 27 US district attorneys were breached during the SolarWinds supply-chain cyber-attack last December, the department of justice (DoJ) has admitted.
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Zoom settles class action privacy lawsuit for $85m
Zoom Video Communications has agreed to pay $85 million and bolster its security practices in a class action lawsuit filed Saturday afternoon.
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‘Covid passport’ scheme data breach raises concerns
A data breach in the Covid vaccine passport scheme has resulted in some people receiving the personal information of other applicants.
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Mauritius: Storing biometric data on identity cards violates privacy
The UN Human Rights Committee has ruled that the Mauritius government violated individuals’ rights to privacy with its National Identity Card Act.
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Has O365 closed the door to data leaks?
Efficiency, collaboration and security are often the positive messages in regards to implementing Office365 in any organisation. But, is your organisation truly experiencing the comfort of safe communication?
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Client info stolen in Morgan Stanley data breach
Personal information belonging to clients of the leading investment bank Morgan Stanley have been stolen following a data breach stemming from a vulnerability in one of its third-party IT suppliers.
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Brazilian pharmacy fined for illegal use of customer data
Drogasil pharmacy chain has been ordered to pay almost BRL730,000 ($112,000, €95,000) by Procon in Mato Gross, Brazil, for obtaining customers’ data without proper authorisation.
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UK transgender charity fined for data breach
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) in the UK has imposed a financial penalty of £25,000 ($34,600, €29,200) on transgender charity Mermaids for failing to keep personal data of its users secure
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Private Healthcare: Why do you need intelligent email security?
Email is a vital communication tool for organisations globally. But email is the top security risk for healthcare providers as employees accidentally leak data everyday.
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Garante serves up change for Foodinho
Food delivery company Foodinho has to amend how it processes riders’ data through a digital platform, says Italy’s data protection authority Garante.
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Air India sued following data breach of 4.5m passengers
An Air India customer has filed a lawsuit for damages against the company following the leak of 4.5m passengers’ personal data earlier this year.
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Data for 700M LinkedIn users for sale
Just two months after LinkedIn was the subject of a government probe after data on 500 million of its users was scraped and published online, a new posting with 700 million LinkedIn records has appeared.
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1 in 5 children’s Google Play apps violate COPPA
New research by Comparitech has revealed that 1 in 5 children’s apps of the 500 most popular children’s applications, available on the Google Play Store, breach Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) rules.
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Data Privacy and Integrated Technologies
The rapid development of new technology presents organisations, regulators and society with data privacy and security risks. In our interconnected world, personal data can be shared between devices, networks and borders rapidly.
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GRC TV Episode 4: Trust and Transparency in the Digital Space
“Ethical Hacker” Victor Gevers discusses the cross-cultural use of Responsible Disclosure and this week’s panellists talk privacy-washing in Big Tech, and the c suite perspective of “If it’s not a fine, it’s not getting funded.”
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McDonald’s suffers data breach
A data breach at fast food restaurant McDonald’s has impacted company operations in the United States and customers and employees in South America and Taiwan.
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MoviePass settles claims of personal data failings with FTC
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has agreed a settlement with MoviePass’s operators over allegations the online subscription service failed to secure customers’ personal information and deceptively marketed its promised one-movie-per-day service.