Odia Kagan of Fox Rothschild writes: A German Court has ordered pain and suffering damages as a result of a data breach, the first decision of its kind in Europe. According to the judgment, Scalable Capital has to pay the plaintiff, represented by consumer organization EuGD Europäische Gesellschaft für Datenschutz mbH, € 2,500 in damages…
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Former Uber Chief Security Officer to Face Wire Fraud Charges
SAN FRANCISCO – A federal grand jury handed down a superseding indictment today adding wire fraud to the list of charges pending against Joseph Sullivan for his role in the alleged attempted cover-up of the 2016 hack of Uber Technologies Incorporated, announced Acting United States Attorney Stephanie M. Hinds and FBI Special Agent in Charge…
Ransomware attacks on CompuGroup Medical SE & Co. KGaA
Guenni reports: [German]CompuGroup Medical SE & Co. KGaA, a major medical services provider, has been the victim of a cyberattack. The Koblenz-based medical services provider admitted as much on Monday, Dec. 20, 2021. The internal IT systems are likely affected, which should affect some doctors, pharmacies, labs and clinics if they want to contact the…
Ca: Big White issues data breach alert
David Wylie reports: A potential data breach due to possible malware on Big White’s servers has prompted an alert from the resort’s CEO. In an email sent Monday to all vendors and suppliers to Big White, including the resort’s utilities, president and CEO of Big White Peter Plimmer said the company’s servers experienced “an unauthorized…
Hackers attack Israeli hiking websites, leak personal information
Tzvi Joffre reports: A hacker group called Sharp Boys announced that it had hacked two Israeli hiking websites on Saturday, leaking the information of 100,000 users and offering the information of around three million people for sale. The leaked data includes emails, addresses, photos and phone numbers. The two affected sites were Tiyuli and Lametayel….
Coles, Westpac, AMP and Department of Defence caught up in ‘significant’ data breach of Finite Recruitment
Simon Elvery, Emily Sakzewski, and Matt Liddy report: The personal details of job applicants and staff at a range of major Australian companies and government agencies have potentially been exposed in a “significant” data breach and extortion attempt against Australian recruitment company Finite. Hackers have accessed and released sensitive data that includes resumes, offers of employment,…