Collaborate Disseminate
Loraine Centeno reports: McDonald’s just got a supersized reminder to beef up its digital security after its recruitment platform allegedly exposed the sensitive data of 64 million applicants. Security researchers Ian Carrol and Sam Curry, known for th… Continue reading McDonald’s McHire leak involving ‘123456’ admin password exposes 64 million applicant chat records
On December 6, 2023, the Medusa Blog added ACCU Reference Medical Laboratory to their leak site with some screenshots as proof of claims. Claiming to have 1.2 TB of data, Medusa demanded $1 million to delete or download the data. When no payment was fo… Continue reading Qilin claims attack on Accu Reference Medical Laboratory. It wasn’t the lab’s first data breach.
[Google machine translation of notice on government site:] Public Announcement (Data Breach Notification) – Louis Vuitton Çantacılık Ticaret Anonim Şirketi As is known, Article 12, paragraph (5) of the Law on the Protection of Personal Data No. 6698, t… Continue reading Louis Vuitton hit by data breach in Türkiye, over 140,000 users exposed
Swati Nair reports: Infosys announced that its subsidiary, Infosys McCamish Systems (IMS), has reached an agreement with the US State of Vermont’s Department of Financial Regulation (DFR). This agreement, known as a stipulation and consent order,… Continue reading Infosys McCamish Systems Enters Consent Order with Vermont DFR Over Cyber Incident
Chiara Trinidad writes: What laws govern data breach in Canada? Data breach notification law is governed by the Personal Information and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA). This federal law regulates the handling of personal information during commercia… Continue reading Obligations under Canada’s data breach notification law
Aurora Munteanu reports: The Leipzig District Court has awarded Facebook users EUR 5000 in compensation for data protection violations from Meta’s Business Tools. This marks a significant precedent in European privacy enforcement. The German court offe… Continue reading German court offers EUR 5000 compensation for data breaches caused by Meta
A civilian employee of the U.S. Air Force assigned to the U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) at Offutt Air Force Base pleaded guilty today to conspiring to transmit classified information relating to the national defense (National Defense Information)… Continue reading Air Force Employee Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Disclose Unlawfully Classified National Defense Information
Reuters reports: Four people have been arrested as part of a police investigation into cyberattacks that disrupted the operations of retailers Marks & Spencer, the Co-op and Harrods, Britain’s National Crime Agency said. The cyberattack on M&… Continue reading UK police arrest four in connection with M&S, Co-op and Harrods cyberattacks
Meduza reports: A court in Paris has jailed Russian basketball player Daniil Kasatkin on suspicion of involvement in a hacker group’s extortion activities. The 26-year-old was arrested on June 21 at Charles de Gaulle airport at the request of the Unite… Continue reading At U.S. request, France jails Russian basketball player Daniil Kasatkin on suspicion of ransomware conspiracy
On June 10, the Everest Group added a listing for Avantic Medical Lab to its leak site, accompanied by a one-week countdown clock and four screenshots containing patient information as proof of the claims. When the attack first occurred, and whether Ev… Continue reading Avantic Medical Lab hacked; patient data leaked by Everest Group