Capital One has been fined $80m following its breach last year.
According to a statement from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), these actions were taken against Capital One “based on...
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- Jul 30, 2020
- 1 min
US Digital Bank Dave Admits Customer Data Breach
"A US fintech giant has admitted that it suffered a breach of customers’ personal data via a third party supplier, after researchers...
- Jul 29, 2020
- 1 min
Cosmetics firm Avon faces new cyber security incident
"Technical information relating to Avon’s web and mobile sites was inadvertently left exposed on an unsecured Microsoft Azure server....
- Jul 23, 2020
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Hundreds Of Thousands Of Instacart Customers’ Personal Data Is Being Sold Online
"Names, credit card data, addresses, and information on transactions as recent as yesterday are being sold online. The personal...
- Jul 20, 2020
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Walmart Sued Under CCPA After Data Breach
"Walmart has become the latest big-name brand accused of violating California’s new data breach regulations. The retail giant is the...
- Jul 20, 2020
- 1 min
One Million Online Student Records Exposed by E-Learning Sites
"Nearly one million records containing the personal information of online students have been leaked after cloud misconfigurations by five...
- Jun 16, 2020
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Claire's: Magecart E-Commerce Hackers Stole Card Data
Magecart Gangs Targeting Larger Organizations During Lockdown, Researcher Warns "Jewelry and accessories retailer Claire's says...
- Jun 10, 2020
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Nintendo admits number of hacked accounts is almost double what it originally said
Up to 300,000 Nintendo Accounts were accessed. "Nintendo has revealed that an additional 140,000 user accounts were accessed by...
- Jun 8, 2020
- 1 min
US subsidiary of ST Engineering Aerospace suffers massive data breach
"SINGAPORE: About 1.5 terabytes of sensitive data was reportedly stolen from a US subsidiary of ST Engineering Aerospace in a massive...
- Jun 1, 2020
- 1 min
Judge demands Capital One release Mandiant cyberforensic report on data breach
"Attorneys suing the company will now have access to the report in preparation for a potential trial. A judge has ruled that Capital One...
- May 26, 2020
- 1 min
New Uncover jailbreak released, works on all recent iOS versions
New "Unc0ver" jailbreak unlocks devices, even those running the current iOS 13.5 release. A team of hackers, security researchers, and...
- Apr 21, 2020
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Detroit hospital network says data breach affected more than 100,000 patient accounts
"A Detroit-area health care organization is alerting patients that their information may have been compromised in a recent data breach....
- Apr 7, 2020
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Health care cybersecurity: new front in coronavirus battle.
"Health care professionals battling the coronavirus now face a second front in the war -- cyberattacks -- that threaten to disrupt...
- Mar 9, 2020
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Judge Demands More Details on Facebook Data Breach Settlement
"SAN FRANCISCO (CN) – A federal judge on Thursday refused to approve a settlement over a 2018 data breach that would force Facebook to...
- Mar 5, 2020
- 1 min
T-Mobile customers hit by another data breach exposing a bunch of sensitive information
"Many people think there's no such thing as bad publicity, but while T-Mobile ultimately emerged victorious from a fierce legal battle...
- Feb 24, 2020
- 1 min
Over 120 Million US Consumers Exposed in Privacy Snafu
Security researchers have discovered a publicly exposed cloud database containing personal data and behavioral profiles on 120 million...
- Feb 7, 2020
- 1 min
IoT Malware Campaign Infects Global Manufacturing Sites
The infection uses Lemon_Duck PowerShell malware variant to exploit vulnerabilities in embedded devices at manufacturing sites. "A new...
- Feb 4, 2020
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witter says an attacker used its API to match usernames to phone numbers
Twitter discloses security incident involving the abuse of one of its official API features. "In a statement published today, Twitter...
- Jan 17, 2020
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WeLeakInfo.com Seized For Selling Info from Data Breaches, 2 Arrested
"As a clear indication of how law enforcement views the commercial disclosure of stolen information, the FBI has seized the...
- Dec 27, 2019
- 1 min
Ransomware attack forces Arkansas CEO to fire 300 employees days before Christmas
"The chief executive officer of a telemarketing company in Sherwood, Arkansas has let go 300 employees after the company failed to...
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