Data Breach
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508Australia Passes Bill to Fine Companies up to $50 Million for Data Breaches
The Australian government has passed a bill that markedly increases the penalty for companies suffering from serious or repeated data breaches. To...
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3.1KIrish Regulator Fines Facebook $277 Million for Leak of Half a Billion Users’ Data
Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) has levied fines of €265 million ($277 million) against Meta Platforms for failing to safeguard the personal...
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528Indian Government Publishes Draft of Digital Personal Data Protection Bill 2022
The Indian government on Friday released a draft version of the much-awaited data protection regulation, making it the fourth such effort since...
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2.5KMedibank Refuses to Pay Ransom After 9.7 Million Customers Exposed in Ransomware Hack
Australian health insurer Medibank today confirmed that personal data belonging to around 9.7 million of its current and former customers were accessed...
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2.2KTwilio Reveals Another Breach from the Same Hackers Behind the August Hack
Communication services provider Twilio this week disclosed that it experienced another “brief security incident” in June 2022 perpetrated by the same threat...
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1.1KAustralian Health Insurer Medibank Suffers Breach Exposing 3.9 Million Customers’ Data
Australian health insurance firm Medibank on Wednesday disclosed that the personal information of all of its customers had been unauthorizedly accessed following...
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3.2KMicrosoft Data Leak – 2.4TB of 65,000+ Companies Data Leaked Online
Recently, Microsoft has confirmed that due to a misconfiguration of Microsoft server multiple sensitive information about some of Microsoft’s customers was exposed...
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2.4KMicrosoft Confirms Server Misconfiguration Led to 65,000+ Companies’ Data Leak
Microsoft this week confirmed that it inadvertently exposed information related to thousands of customers following a security lapse that left an endpoint...
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3.0KOmnicell Healthcare Company Confirms Ransomware Incident
In a US SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission) 8-K filing, Omnicell, the healthcare technology provider, revealed that some of its products, services,...
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2.9K64,000 Additional Patients Impacted by Omnicell Data Breach – What is Your Data Breach Action Plan?
In April 2022, Omnicell reported a data breach affecting nearly 62,000 patients. The company has revealed that the incident has impacted an...
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2.6K19-Year-Old Teen Arrested for Using Leaked Optus Breach Data in SMS Scam
The Australian Federal Police (AFP) has arrested a 19-year-old teen from Sydney for allegedly attempting to leverage the data leaked following the...
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2.3KFormer Uber Security Chief Found Guilty of Data Breach Coverup
A U.S. federal court jury has found former Uber Chief Security Officer Joseph Sullivan guilty of not disclosing a 2016 breach of...
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4.4KTelstra Telecom Suffers Data Breach Potentially Exposing Employee Information
Australia’s largest telecommunications company Telstra disclosed that it was the victim of a data breach through a third-party, nearly two weeks after...
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2.4KOptus Hack Exposes Data of Nearly 2.1 Million Australian Telecom Customers
Australian telecom giant Optus on Monday confirmed that nearly 2.1 million of its current and former customers suffered a leak of their...
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4.1KFive Steps to Mitigate the Risk of Credential Exposure
Every year, billions of credentials appear online, be it on the dark web, clear web, paste sites, or in data dumps shared...
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4.3KHacker Behind Optus Breach Releases 10,200 Customer Records in Extortion Scheme
The Australian Federal Police (AFP) on Monday disclosed it’s working to gather “crucial evidence” and that it’s collaborating with overseas law enforcement...
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4.4KLondon Police Arrested 17-Year-Old Hacker Suspected of Uber and GTA 6 Breaches
The City of London Police on Friday revealed that it has arrested a 17-year-old teenager from Oxfordshire on suspicion of hacking. “On...
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Rockstar Games Confirms Hacker Stole Early Grand Theft Auto VI Footage
American video game publisher Rockstar Games on Monday revealed it was a victim of a “network intrusion” that allowed an unauthorized party...
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336Uber Claims No Sensitive Data Exposed in Latest Breach… But There’s More to This
Uber, in an update, said there is “no evidence” that users’ private information was compromised in a breach of its internal computer...
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251Uber Hacked – Attackers Breached Critical IT Systems & Windows Domain
Uber’s computer network has been hacked on Thursday, leading the company to take some of its internal communications and engineering systems offline. ...
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4.5KUber Hacked – Attackers Breached Critical IT Systems & Windows Domain
Uber’s computer network has been hacked on Thursday, leading the company to take some of its internal communications and engineering systems offline. ...
