data breach

Pierluigi Paganini November 26, 2018
When Do You Need to Report a Data Breach?

The way in which you respond to a data breach has a significant impact on how severe its consequences are. Reporting an event is one action that can help. The number of data breaches that were tracked in the U.S. in 2017 totaled 1,579, a nearly 44.7 percent increase from the previous year. Data breaches, […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 24, 2018
Chat app Knuddels fined €20k under GDPR regulation

The case is making the headlines, the German chat platform Knuddels.de (“Cuddles”) has been fined €20,000 for storing user passwords in plain text. In July hackers breached the systems of the company Knuddels and leaked online its data. In September, an unknown individual notified Knuddels that crooks published user data of roughly 8,000 members on Pastebin and […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 13, 2018
Cathay Pacific waited six months before disclosing the security breach

Cathay Pacific has admitted that it was under attack for three months and it took six months to disclose the data breach. At the end of October, Cathay Pacific Airways Limited, the flag carrier of Hong Kong, announced that had suffered a major data breach affecting up to 9.4 million passengers. Exposed data includes passport numbers, identity […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 08, 2018
689,272 plaintext records of Amex India customers exposed online

Records associated with 689,272 plaintext records Amex India customers were exposed online via unsecured MongoDB server. Personal details of nearly 700,000 American Express (Amex India) India customers were exposed online via an unsecured MongoDB server. The huge trove of data was discovered by Bob Diachenko from cybersecurity firm Hacken, most of the records were encrypted, but […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 07, 2018
HSBC Bank USA notified customers of a security breach

HSBC Bank USA notified customers of a data breach that has happened between Oct 4 and Oct 14, unknown attackers were able to access their online accounts. HSBC Bank USA notified customers of a data breach that has happened between October 4 and October 14, unknown attackers were able to access online accounts of the financial institution. Exposed info […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 02, 2018
Top Australia Defence company Austal notifies a serious security breach

Austal, a top Australia defence firm reports also working with the United States Navy has suffered a serious security breach. Austal, a top Australia defence firm reports working with the US Navy has suffered a serious security breach, hackers accessed to personnel files and that it was the subject of an extortion attempt. Austal reported the data breach to the Australian Securities […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 31, 2018
The Radisson Hotel Group has suffered a data breach

The hotel chain Radisson Hotel Group suffered a security breach that exposed personal information of the members of its loyalty scheme. The hotel chain Radisson Hotel Group suffered a security breach that exposed personal information (name, address (including country of residence), email address, and in some cases, company name, phone number, Radisson Rewards member number, and […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 30, 2018
Girl Scouts data breach exposed personal information of 2,800 members

A Girl Scouts of America branch in California suffered a security breach, hackers accessed data of 2,800 girls and their families. Hackers breached the Orange County, Calif. branch of the Girl Scouts of America, potentially exposing personal information for 2,800 members and their families. According to the Girl Scouts of Orange County, an unknown threat […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 26, 2018
British Airways: additional 185,000 passengers may have been affected

The data breach suffered by the British Airways airline is worse than initially thought, according to IAG firm that wons the airline further 185,000 customers may have had impacted in the incident. The data breach suffered by the British Airways airline is worse than initially thought, according to IAG firm that owns the airline, further 185,000 customers may have […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 25, 2018
Cathay Pacific data breach affecting 9.4 million passengers

Cathay Pacific Airways Limited, the flag carrier of Hong Kong, had suffered a major data leak affecting up to 9.4 million passengers. Cathay Pacific Airways Limited, the flag carrier of Hong Kong, admitted having suffered a major data leak affecting up to 9.4 million passengers. Exposed data includes passport numbers, identity card numbers, email addresses, and […]