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Mar-A-Lago Breach Inquiry Raising Eyebrows Among Cybersecurity Pros
- Sunday, 14 April 2019
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Cybersecurity specialists are puzzled over the Secret Service probe into the malware-containing thumb drive carried into President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort by a Chinese national. So reports The Washington Post.
Read more...Ticketmaster Faces $6.5M Data Breach Suit
- Saturday, 13 April 2019
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- Written by Security Tech Brief Staff
A UK law firm has sued Ticketmaster for £5 million ($6.6 million) over a data breach revealed last June. So reports Billboard.
Read more...Homeland Security Chief’s Exit Raises Cybersecurity Questions
- Saturday, 13 April 2019
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The sudden departure of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen could undermine the department’s efforts to safeguard against cybersecurity threats, ex-agency officials, advocates and lobbyists have said. So reports Bloomberg.
Read more...Yahoo Data Breach Settlement Boosted to $117.5M
- Saturday, 13 April 2019
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Yahoo has reached an amended $117.5 million settlement with millions of users whose sensitive personal information may have been exposed in a 2013 data breach. So reports Ars Technica.
Read more...Toyota Discloses Second Data Breach in Five Weeks
- Monday, 08 April 2019
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Toyota has announced that hackers accessed sales information on 3.1 million customers. So reports ZDNet.
Read more...Planet Hollywood, Buca di Beppo Owner Reveals Data Breach
- Monday, 08 April 2019
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Customers at Planet Hollywood and Buca di Beppo may have had their credit card details exposed, the restaurants’ parent company announced. So reports USA Today.
Read more...Chinese National Allegedly Brings Malware Into Mar-A-Lago
- Monday, 08 April 2019
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A woman from China carrying a device with malware on it entered President Trump’s Florida resort Mar-A-Lago for a short time during one of his recent visits, federal prosecutors allege in court papers. So reports the Associated Press.
Read more...Saudi Arabia Denies Role in Jeff Bezos Phone Hack
- Monday, 08 April 2019
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A Saudi Arabia government official has said that the kingdom "categorically rejects all allegations that it is involved in any fashion in the apparent dispute" between Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and tabloid publisher American Media Incorporated. So reports CNN.
Read more...UConn Health Facing Class Action Over Data Breach
- Thursday, 28 March 2019
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- Written by Security Tech Brief Staff
UConn Health has been hit with a lawsuit seeking class-action status after it recently disclosed a data breach. So reports the Hartford Courant.
Read more...UCLA Health Reaches $7.5M Settlement Over Data Breach
- Thursday, 28 March 2019
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- Written by Security Tech Brief Staff
UCLA Health has agreed to pay $7.5 million to settle a class-action lawsuit filed on behalf of patients whose sensitive personal data was exposed in a cyber attack detected in October 2014. So reports HIPAA Journal.
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