Court Dismisses Data Privacy Litigation Alleging Defendant Failed to Maintain...
Kristin L. Bryan and Katie Sharpless of Squire Patton Boggs write: CPW has been covering data breach litigations, including instances in which meritless claims are kicked by courts at the pleading...
View ArticleSoftware developer charged with damaging the computer system of a Cleveland...
Acting U.S. Attorney Bridget M. Brennan announced that a federal grand jury sitting in Cleveland has returned an indictment charging Davis Lu, 51, of Houston, Texas, with one count of damaging...
View ArticleCH: Griesser AG victim of ransomware attack
A Swiss firm that manufactures sun protection window treatments such as blinds, shutters, and awnings has fallen prey to a ransomware attack. Stefan Borkert reports that Griesser AG is currently only...
View ArticleBrokerage firm agrees to $3 mln deal for New York cybersecurity rule violations
Sara Merken reports: Brokerage firm National Securities Corp has agreed to pay $3 million in a settlement with New York’s financial services regulator over shortfalls that resulted in four...
View ArticleHouston Rockets Hit by “Babuk” Ransomware
Bill Toulas reports: The ransomware group known as “Babuk” has added Houston Rockets to its victim list, warning about the imminent leak of 500GB of stolen data if their payment demands aren’t met. The...
View ArticleDetecting Clop Ransomware
Splunk Threat Research Team reports: As ransomware campaigns continue, malicious actors introduce different modus operandi to target their victims. In this blog, we’ll be taking a look at the Clop...
View ArticleGay dating site Manhunt hacked, thousands of accounts stolen
Zack Whittaker reports: Manhunt, a gay dating app that claims to have 6 million male members, has confirmed it was hit by a data breach in February after a hacker gained access to the company’s...
View ArticlePresidio Employee Files Class Action Over Data Breach
Kathryn M. Rattigan of Robinson + Cole writes: North American IT company Presidio faces a proposed data breach class action by an employee for an incident involving employee data. Eric LaPrairie, a...
View ArticleIT: Asti DOCG consortium targeted by hackers
The Consortium for the Promotion of Asti has a mission: to promote the value of Asti DOCG and Moscato d’Asti wines — in Italy and in the world. Elisabetta Testa reports that they have suffered an...
View ArticleCelsius email system breach leads to phishing attack on customers
Lawrence Abrams reports: Cryptocurrency rewards platform Celsius Network has disclosed a security breach exposing customer information that led to a phishing attack. Today, Celsius CEO Alex Mashinsky...
View ArticleIn: In a game of Data Breach Hot Potato, companies deny being source of data...
Earlier this week, OpIndia reported: After Facebook and Mobikwik, hackers have claimed to got access to another major tech giant in India. As per two posts by hackers on a hackers’ forum, they have...
View ArticleFR: The Bourbon Group hit by a cyber attack
Bourbon Group is a French firm involved in maritime and offshore shipping services in 44 countries. Le Figaro and AFP report (translation): The maritime services group for the Bourbon oil industry has...
View ArticleFacebook faces ‘mass action’ lawsuit in Europe over 2019 breach
Natasha Lomas reports: Facebook is to be sued in Europe over the major leak of user data that dates back to 2019 but which only came to light recently after information on more than 533 million...
View ArticlePhone House Spain hit by Babuk ransomware, 3 million users affected.
Marco A. DeFelice reports: Before the news became public, SuspectFile had tried in vain to contact Phone House Spain already on Friday morning informing them that, in the event of non-payment of the...
View ArticleCodecov discloses 2.5-month-long supply chain attack
Catalin Cimpanu reports: Codecov, a software company that provides code testing and code statistics solutions, disclosed on Thursday a major security breach after a threat actor managed to breach its...
View ArticleGeico admits fraudsters stole customers’ driver’s license numbers for months
Zack Whittaker reports: Geico, the second-largest auto insurer in the U.S., has fixed a security bug that let fraudsters steal customers’ driver’s license numbers from its website. In a data breach...
View ArticleCyber agency asks Indian FB users to enhance account privacy after global...
The Tribune reports: Country’s cyber security agency CERT-In has advised Facebook users to strengthen their account privacy settings after a recent global ‘data scraping’ incident in the social media...
View ArticleSocial-Media Data Leaks Draw Scrutiny From European Regulators
Catherine Stupp reports: Facebook Inc., Clubhouse and Microsoft Corp.’s LinkedIn have stressed that recently reported data leaks involved information from public user profiles, not from security...
View ArticleThey Hacked McDonald’s Ice Cream Machines—and Started a Cold War
Andy Greenberg reports: Of all the mysteries and injustices of the McDonald’s ice cream machine, the one that Jeremy O’Sullivan insists you understand first is its secret passcode. Press the cone icon...
View ArticleIn: Domino’s Data Breach In India: Jubliant FoodWorks Denies Financial Data Leak
Shloak Prabhu reports: Domino’s India, which is owned by Jubilant FoodWorks has apparently fallen victim to a massive data leak. Hackers have reportedly published crucial data on the dark web. The data...
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