The ICO is on a roll… now they’ve issued a statement about their intention to fine Marriott, although it appears that their statement may have been issued because Marriott first notified the SEC that it was going to be fined. Here is the ICO’s statement: Statement in response to Marriott International, Inc’s filing with the…
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In: MNC alleges data theft by ex-employees
TNN reports that a senior Magnasoft Consulting India official has accused three former employees of stealing data that includes customer data, the employee database, software keys and management information system reports. The data was allegedly sent to their personal email addresses from their corporate accounts. Read more on Times of India Interestingly, the only comment…
ICO statement: Intention to fine British Airways £183.39m under GDPR for data breach
In September, 2018, the International Airlines Group (IAG) announced that British Airways was investigating a possible data breach involving its website and mobile application. Soon after, we learned that 380,000 payments had been compromised in a few weeks between August 21, when Magecart malware was injected, and early September. Today, the U.K.’s Information Commissioner’s Office…
UK: Eurofins Scientific: Forensic services firm paid ransom after cyber-attack
Danny Shaw reports: The UK’s biggest provider of forensic services has paid a ransom to criminals after its IT systems were disrupted in a cyber-attack, BBC News has learned. Eurofins Scientific was infected with a ransomware computer virus a month ago, which led British police to suspend work with the global testing company. Read more…
SG: Spize fined S$20,000 after more than 100 customers’ personal data leaked
Food and beverage outlet operator Spize has been fined S$20,000 after the personal data of about 150 customers was disclosed on its online ordering portal in 2017. In the grounds of decision dated Thursday (Jul 4), which was published on the Personal Data Protection Commission (PDPC) website, the PDPC received a complaint on Aug 12,…
ALTA warns title companies of industry breach
In an alert posted to its website, the American Land Title Association (ALTA) said it has been told of a breach within the title and settlement industry which revealed non-public personal information – a breach which might have come from more than one company. ALTA said its information technology department is examining the information provided…