Vincent Manancourt reports: Your order history. Your credit card information. Even your intimate health data. Amazon is amassing an empire of data as the online retailer ventures into ever more areas of our lives. But the company’s efforts to protect the information it collects are inadequate, according to insiders who warn the company’s security shortfalls…
Category: Business Sector
FR: Manutan Group addresses ransomware incident
The Manutan Group in France issued a statement on February 24 about a ransomware attack. The company, which specializes in the distribution of equipment and accessories for businesses and communities, noted that the attack occurred on February 21, and the company shut down all information systems as a precaution. Read more on their web site….
Florida Studio Theatre recovering from ransomware attack
Jay Handelman reports: Florida Studio Theatre was hit by a ransomware attack on its business systems over Valentine’s Day weekend that compromised some internal office files, but Managing Director Rebecca Hopkins said Thursday there is no evidence so far that any patron information or credit card numbers were affected. The attack happened on Feb. 12…
Npower shuts down mobile app following data breach
Dev Kundaliya reports: UK energy giant Npower has permanently closed its mobile app, after finding that hackers had used it to steal sensitive information from customers. The company will not bring the app back in the future, as it was due to be withdrawn within the next few weeks following Npower’s acquisition by Eon. Users…
TikTok Will Pay $92M to Settle Lawsuit Over Personal Data ‘Theft’
Stephanie Milot reports: TikTok has agreed to pay $92 million to settle a class-action lawsuit alleging the social network collected users’ biometric information and personal data without consent and shared it with third parties. The proposed settlement applies to 89 million TikTok members in the US whose personal data was allegedly tracked and sold to advertisers in…
Housing corporation Stadgenoot hacked; data stolen 30,000 people
NRC.nl reports (translated): The website of the Amsterdam housing corporation Stadgenoot has recently been hacked. Private data was stolen from a maximum of 30,000 people who shared their data with the corporation. Stadgenoot informed the victims by email on Wednesday. According to a spokesperson, names, addresses, e-mail addresses and in some cases license plate numbers and indications…