More From Security Breaches & Attacks – Page 8
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NewsSolarWinds 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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NewsZoom 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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NewsData breach lawsuit against Walmart dismissed
A US judge has ended a proposed privacy class action against Walmart for an alleged data breach, finding the customer who sued the supermarket chain had not adequately pleaded his claims.
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NewsGun owners told to exercise vigilance following firearms dealer data breach
Tens of thousands of names and addresses belonging to UK customers of a popular firearms marketplace have been published on the dark web following a data breach.
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NewsData from price comparison website breached in cyber attack
Ransomware attackers forced Swiss price comparison website comparis.ch offline for two days last week with the associated data breach probably resulting in client data being stolen, Zurich police say.
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NewsConnecticut gives companies some protection from cyber security breaches
The governor of Connecticut, Ned Lamont, has signed into law legislation which protects businesses from punitive damages if personal or restricted information is improperly accessed.
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NewsClient 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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NewsGerman council paralysed by country’s first cyber catastrophe
Computer-based operations at the local authority serving Anhalt-Bitterfeld district in eastern Germany have virtually ground to a halt after being hacked.
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NewsUK 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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NewsGarante 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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NewsBritish Airways settles data breach case
UK airline British Airways has resolved on confidential terms litigation brought by customers and staff affected by a leakage of personal information in 2018.
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NewsBeijing cracks down on ride-hailing app Didi
Chinese regulators have told Didi Global to stop taking new registrations and ordered its app be removed from China’s app stores pending a cyber security review.
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NewsAir 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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NewsNew Zealand patients’ data appears on web
Personal information of hospital patients and staff in New Zealand have been published online, around six weeks after a ransomware attack on the Waikato District Health Board (DHB).
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NewsData 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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Sponsored4 Ways to Strengthen Cybersecurity for a Hybrid Workforce
Workplace tech used to be a lot more uniform: When you walked into an office, you likely saw an all-desktop-PC environment with a fairly consistent suite of software and tools, all used within the confines of a single network.
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NewsMercedes-Benz customer data exposed online
Sensitive personal information of Mercedes-Benz customers and would-be customers in the US from around six years ago has been made accessible on a cloud storage platform.
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NewsMicrosoft detects new security breach
An attacker gained access to a Microsoft customer service agent and used the information gained to launch hacking attempts against customers.
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NewsCovid-19 ‘has permanently altered cyber risks’
The threat landscape reached a critical tipping point during the height of the coronavirus pandemic, changing cyber security forever, says SonicWall.
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FeatureKeys to a Sustainable Security Strategy
For decades, technology leaders have focused on building a strong perimeter around their networks. But that approach to cybersecurity is no longer sustainable or effective: Globally distributed teams and complex supply chains have dramatically changed the way organizations create, store, and share data. As change continues to accelerate, many enterprise leaders are re-evaluating their cybersecurity strategies.
