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San Francisco 49ers Agree to Pay Data Breach Victims
- Wednesday, 14 June 2023
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The NFL’s San Francisco 49ers have settled a class action lawsuit over a 2022 ransomware attack that affected almost 21,000 people. So reports The Athletic.
Read more...Microsoft Probes OneDrive Service Disruption
- Wednesday, 14 June 2023
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Microsoft has acknowledged that it is looking into an outage of its OneDrive cloud file storage service. So reports CRN.
Read more...Free VPN App Suffers Data Leak Affecting 360 Million Records
- Friday, 09 June 2023
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SuperVPN, a popular free VPN app, has left users’ personal information exposed despite a “no logs” policy. So reports CPO Magazine.
Read more...Health Insurance Giant MCNA Discloses Massive Breach
- Friday, 09 June 2023
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MCNA Dental, one of the biggest Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program insurance providers, has revealed a data breach affecting more than 8.9 million people. So reports Health IT Security.
Read more...Toyota Reveals Two More Data Leaks After Big Disclosure
- Friday, 09 June 2023
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Toyota has disclosed two additional data leaks shortly after revealing to the public that vehicle data of more than 2 million customers in Japan was publicly accessible for over a decade. So reports CarScoops.
Read more...MOVEit Bug Strikes BBC, British Airways in Ransomware Attack
- Thursday, 08 June 2023
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The online extortionists behind the cl0p ransomware site have claimed responsibility for data breaches at the BBC, British Airways and UK retailer Boots—part of a broader hack resulting from a recently announced flaw in the popular MOVEit file-transfer tool. So reports Reuters.
Read more...Sports Warehouse Fined $300,000 Over Data Breach
- Sunday, 04 June 2023
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New York’s state attorney general has slapped online sporting goods retailer Sports Warehouse with a $300,000 fine stemming from a 2021 data breach. So reports Women’s Wear Daily.
Read more...Pentagon Enhances Security After Leak Arrest
- Sunday, 04 June 2023
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The Pentagon’s police team has stepped up screenings, bag checks and other security protocols to keep classified information in the building. So reports NBC News.
Read more...New York’s Metropolitan Opera Faces Data Breach Lawsuit
- Sunday, 04 June 2023
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A former employee has sued New York City’s Metropolitan Opera over a data breach allegedly impacting 45,000 employees and customers. So reports United Press International.
Read more...Tesla's Huge Data Leak Could Lead to $3.3B Fine
- Sunday, 04 June 2023
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A whistleblower’s recent leak of an enormous cache of data from Tesla could cost the electric carmaker a record $3.3 billion in penalties under Europe’s data privacy law. So reports Quartz.
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