28th of January was International Data Protection Day, which reminds us that data protection is a daily responsibility in every company processing personal data. This year, the field of data protection is facing many new challenges that
Personal information of more than 243 million Brazilians was exposed for more than six months thanks to weakly encoded credentials stored in the source code of the Brazilian Ministry of Health’s website. The data leak
Ubiquiti, one of the biggest sellers of networking gear, including routers, webcams and mesh networks, has alerted its customers to a data breach. In a short email to customers on Monday, the tech company said it became
Hackers accessed systems at the National Nuclear Security Administration, which maintains the U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile. The Energy Department and National Nuclear Security Administration, which maintains the U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile, have evidence that hackers
The data breach report is based on a survey conducted by Kaspersky and B2B International on September 30, 2020. Researchers interviewed 4,179 businesses globally, with 50 and up to 4,999 employees. Surveyed companies are from
The ICO has fined Marriott International Inc £18.4million for failing to keep millions of customers’ personal data secure. Marriott estimates that 339 million guest records worldwide were affected following a cyber-attack in 2014 on Starwood Hotels
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined British Airways (BA) £20m for failing to protect the personal and financial details of more than 400,000 of its customers. An ICO investigation found the airline was processing
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has fined Morgan Stanley $60 million for the investment bank’s failure to properly oversee the decommissioning of several data centers, putting customer data at risk of exposure. When Morgan
Australian data protection expert Troy Hunt has exposed the biggest single data breach known so far. During the recent data breach, nearly 773 million email addresses’ passwords leaked. This data was posted in a data collection called
Right after the start of the New Year, the message spread that Angela Merkel’s personal details leaked on Twitter. According to the Bloomberg, German Chancellor’s account was hacked, and the information was released in an
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