Hotel chain Marriott International is facing a class action lawsuit in London by millions of former guests, due to its huge data breach in 2014-2018
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Hacker Forums Contain Over 15 Billion Stolen Credentials
Sheer scale of stolen user data available online on hacker foums revealed in a report from data loss detection firm Digital Shadows
US Police Forces Hit By Huge Data Breach
Activist hackers release 24 years' worth of data from hundreds of police forces in move timed to coincide with protests against police brutality and racism
Popular Maths Site Investigates ‘Potential Data Compromise’
Students and children at risk as more than 25 million account credentials allegedly stolen from Mathway offered for sale online
EasyJet Hack: Security Expert Reactions
Beware the phishing scams warn experts, as the hack of easyJet make available more valuable personal information on the dark web
EasyJet Admits Hack From ‘Highly Sophisticated Source’
Personal information of 9 million customers accessed in a “highly sophisticated” cyber-attack, which saw the credit card details of 2,200 people exposed
Ransomware Gang Releases Secret Industrial Documents
DoppelPaymer ransomware developers release files stolen from contractors to SpaceX, Tesla, Boeing, Lockheed-Martin and US Navy
Marriott International Hit By Second Data Breach
Not again. Hotel chain confirms it has suffered a second data breach that affects approximately 5.2 million guests around the world
Virgin Media Data Breach Impacts 900,000 Customers
Privacy gaffe. Personal data of 900,000 Virgin Media customers was left on an unsecured marketing database for ten months, ISP admits
Facial Recognition Firm Clearview AI Hacked
Privacy compromise. American company that has a database of more than three billion photographs of people has been hacked
Samsung Admits Rogue Alert Resulted In Data Breach
Breach admission. Samsung now admits its rogue alert last week in its Find My Mobile app resulted in some users seeing other people's data
MGM Resorts Admits Data Breach Of 10.6 Million Guests
Casino owner MGM has admitted it suffered a data breach in 2019, that included information about celebrities and CEO's of major tech firms
Canadian Military Contractor Hit By Ransomware
Ransomware attackers claimed to stolen 60GB of data from Canadian defence contractor after ransomware attack in December 2019
Microsoft Confirms Breach Of 250 Million Customer Service Records
My bad. 250 million customer service and support records have been exposed by Microsoft on unsecured cloud database during the new year
Two Arrested Over Site Offering 12 Billion Hacked User Records
Arrests in Netherlands and Northern Ireland as FBI seizes WeLeakInfo.com, which offered index of 10,000 data breaches for as little as £1.50 per day
British Passport Data Exposed On Unsecured AWS Bucket
Who is to blame? Unsecured Amazon Web Services S3 bucket held passport scans and other sensitive personal data, but the culprit has yet to be identified
Facebook Lawsuit After Hack Must Not Include Damages – US Judge
Facebook should not face financial damage claims after the hack of 29 million accounts, but can pressure for better security
OnePlus Hit By Fresh Cyber-Attack
Hackers make off with customers' personal details in second online attack to affect Chinese smartphone maker in two years
Labour Party Claims It Was Hit By Large-Scale Cyberattack
Weeks before the general election, the Labour Party claims its systems have been subjected to a cyberattack
Morrisons Tells Supreme Court It Is Not Liable For Breach
Not our fault. Supermarket tells Supreme Court it was not liable for 2014 hack of staff payroll data
Former Trend Micro Staffer Sold Customer Data
Rogue employee at security vendor Trend Micro sold data of 68,000 customers to third party
Equifax Used Default ‘Admin’ Password, Lawsuit Alleges
Lawsuit alleges Equifax failed to take the most basic security precautions that resulted in highly damaging breach in 2017
ECB Closes Website After Breach By ‘Unauthorised Parties’
European central bank shuts down banking industry website after it discovers it was accessed by unknown parties
Human Error Blamed For Visa Data Breach Down Under
Personal information of 317 people applying for Australian visas leaked after email blunder, ABC investigation finds
Choice Hotels Data Breach Affects 700,000 Records
Does it ever stop? Another day, another breach, as hackers demand ransom for 700,000 customer records
Data Breach Costs Desjardins Hefty $53m
Data breach that exposed personal information of 2.9 million members costs Canadian financial firm millions
Facebook To Pay Record $5bn Fine For FTC Settlement
“But we only budgeted $3bn!” Zuckerberg and co going to have dig into the kitty to pay mammoth penalty
Equifax To Pay $700m For Data Breach Settlement
Very costly. Equifax reportedly to pay hundreds of millions of dollars for data breach settlement with US regulators
Marriot International Faces £99m Fine For Data Breach
GDPR consequence. British data protection watchdog plans to fine hotel chain £99 million for data breach
Equifax Former CIO Jailed For Insider Trading
DoJ - Former CIO knew of breach and opted to excise his stock options before breach became public