Sergiu Gatlan reports: The German data protection authority (BfDI) has fined Vodafone GmbH, the telecommunications company’s German subsidiary, €45 million ($51.4 million) for privacy and security violations. “Due to malicious employees in partner agencies who broker contracts to customers on behalf of Vodafone, there had been fraud cases due to fictitious contracts or contract changes at…
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Vanta bug exposed customers’ data to other customers
Zack Whittaker reports: Compliance company Vanta has confirmed that a bug exposed the private data of some of its customers to other Vanta customers. The company told TechCrunch that the data exposure was a result of a product code change and not caused by an intrusion. Vanta, which helps corporate customers automate their security and…
Victoria’s Secret takes down website after security incident
Sergiu Gatlan reported yesterday: Fashion giant Victoria’s Secret has taken down its website and some store services because of an ongoing security incident. Victoria’s Secret manages approximately 1,380 retail stores in nearly 70 countries and reported an annual revenue of $6.23 billion for the fiscal year ending February 1, 2025. The company says in a…
MathWorks, Creator of MATLAB, Confirms Ransomware Attack
Kristina Beeks reports: MathWorks, a mathematical computing software company headquartered in Natick, Mass., disclosed a ransomware attack in an update to its website on Monday. MathWorks is known for creating the MATLAB computing platform and the Simulink simulation, which is used by thousands of organizations and customers. “The attack affected our IT systems. Some of…
Estonia launches international search for Moroccan citizen wanted over data theft
ERR reports: The Central Criminal Police and the Office of the Prosecutor General have initiated an international search for a Moroccan citizen suspected of last year unlawfully accessing and downloading data from a customer card system managed by Allium UPI. Allium UPI is the parent company of the Apotheka pharmacy chain. Based on evidence collected…
Now it’s Tiffany: Another LVMH luxury brand hit by hackers
First it was Dior. Now it’s Tiffany & Co. Seok Nam-jun and Kim Mi-geon report: Tiffany & Co. has confirmed a data breach affecting customers in South Korea, marking the second such incident involving an LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton brand after a similar case at Dior. On May 26, Tiffany Korea notified select customers…