SEC Looking Into Whether Firms Failed to Disclose Effects of SolarWinds Cyber Breach June 22, 2021 By Katanga Johnson The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has opened a probe into last year’s SolarWinds cyber breach, focusing on whether...
Video Game Firm Electronic Arts Reports Data Breach June 11, 2021 Electronic Arts Inc. is investigating a recent data breach, where some of its game source code and related tools were...
Insurer CNA Reports It Has Been Hit by ‘Sophisticated’ Cyber Attack March 24, 2021 Commercial lines insurer CNA reported that it has sustained a “sophisticated cybersecurity attack” that caused a network disruption and impacted...
Microsoft Exec Calls SolarWinds Hack ‘Largest, Most Sophisticated Attack’ Ever February 16, 2021 By Brad Heath A hacking campaign that used a U.S. tech company as a springboard to compromise a raft of U.S. government agencies...
British Airways Faces Major UK Class-Action Lawsuit After 2018 Data Breach January 13, 2021 By Ellen Milligan British Airways Plc faces the largest privacy class-action lawsuit in UK history over its 2018 customer data breach. More than...
Data Theft at Defense Firm Leonardo Targeted Details of Military Aircraft: Arrest Warrant December 23, 2020 By Francesca Landini MILAN – An investigation into a data theft at Leonardo has found that a hacker working inside the Italian defense...
Home Depot to Pay $17.5 Million to Settle With States Over 2014 Data Breach Claims November 25, 2020 By Jonathan Stempel Home Depot Inc., the largest U.S. home improvement retailer, on Tuesday reached a $17.5 million settlement to resolve a multistate...
COVID-19-Related Data Breach Affects Thousands in Delaware November 24, 2020 Public health officials in Delaware on Sunday disclosed that the personal information of thousands of people who were tested for...
Swedish Insurer Folksam Accidentally Leaks Private Data on 1 Million Customers November 3, 2020 Sweden’s largest insurer, Folksam, accidentally leaked private data on about one million of its customers to a handful of the...
UK Data Protection Watchdog Slaps Biggest-Ever Fine on British Airways October 19, 2020 By Muvija M Britain’s data protection watchdog said on Friday it has fined British Airways 20 million pounds – its biggest such penalty...