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Amazon Seeks to Avoid Daily Fine Over GDPR Breach
- Friday, 10 December 2021
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A lawyer for Amazon has asked a judge in Luxembourg to stop a daily fine of 746,000 euros (about $843,000) that the company would face if it misses a January 15 deadline to update its data practices. So reports Bloomberg.
Read more...Planned Parenthood Data Breach Exposes 400,000 Patients
- Friday, 10 December 2021
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Planned Parenthood’s Los Angeles branch has warned that it suffered a data breach impacting roughly 400,000 patients. So reports the Associated Press.
Read more...Danish Turbine Giant Vestas Divulges Ransomware Attack
- Thursday, 02 December 2021
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Danish wind turbine manufacturer Vestas has revealed that a cybersecurity incident affecting its systems on November 19 was a ransomware attack. So reports Wind Power Monthly.
Read more...Millions of Flubot Malware Text Messages Descend on Finland
- Thursday, 02 December 2021
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Authorities in Finland are warning that millions of text messages with links to banking malware called Flubot are targeting Finnish mobile devices. So report Bloomberg and ThreatPost.
Read more...Google Rings Alarm On Crypto Miners Using Hacked Cloud Accounts
- Thursday, 02 December 2021
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Cryptocurrency miners, who often require huge amounts of computing power for their for-profit activities, are finding it in compromised Google Cloud accounts, the search giant has warned. So reports CNBC.
Read more...Hackers Access Panasonic’s Internal Network in Data Breach
- Thursday, 02 December 2021
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Panasonic has acknowledged a data breach following unauthorized access to the Japanese tech behemoth’s internal network. So reports TechCrunch.
Read more...China’s Personal Information Protection Law May Ripple Globally
- Monday, 29 November 2021
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China’s first comprehensive data privacy law came into effect earlier this month, and experts warn the law’s impact will be felt around the world.
Read more...Credit Card Skimmer Causes Costco Data Breach
- Monday, 29 November 2021
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Costco has alerted customers that the use of a payment card skimmer may have compromised their personal information. So reports FOX Business.
Read more...U.S. Government May Pay Cybersecurity Pros As Much As Veep
- Monday, 29 November 2021
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- Written by Security Tech Brief
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has launched a new cybersecurity recruiting and retention program, under which top cybersecurity pros could earn as much as the vice president. So reports ZDNet.
Read more...G-7 Teams Up On 'Cybersecurity Exercise' Amid Financial Threats
- Monday, 29 November 2021
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Finance officials and central bank chiefs from the Group of Seven, a club of economic powers, have run a “cybersecurity exercise” to show the need for global coordination as the financial system faces mounting threats. So reports Bloomberg.
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