AFP reports: France’s data protection agency said Thursday that it had fined the US ride-hailing group Uber 400,000 euros ($460,000) over a 2016 data breach that exposed the personal data of some 57 million clients and drivers worldwide. Uber drew the wrath of users and regulators after the company waited a year before revealing in…
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SG: Potential data breach after travel agency employee loses hard disk
David Sun reports: The authorities are investigating a potential data breach after a travel agency employee lost a hard disk containing personal details of clients. The employee of Insight Vacations had taken the disk out of the office without authorisation and lost it in a taxi on the way home. The disk, which has not…
Twitter tumbles on concerns about hacking activity, data theft attempt
TWITTER Inc shares fell almost 7 per cent on Monday after the company said it was investigating unusual traffic that might be from state-sponsored hackers and, in what appeared to be an unrelated issue, a security firm said hackers used the platform to try to steal user data. Twitter said in a blog that it…
Hammer Nutrition notifies customers after discovering hack of
A reader kindly sent in this notification from Hammer Nutrition: NOTICE OF POTENTIAL DATA BREACH Dear Valued Customer, It is with deep regret that I am writing to inform you of an incident involving access to information associated with online purchases made on our website www.hammernutrition.com. We are providing notice to you and other potentially affected customers…
NYS A.G. Underwood Announces Settlements With Five Companies Whose Mobile Apps Failed To Secure User Information Transmitted Over The Internet
Mobile Apps Operated by Western Union, Priceline, Equifax, Spark Networks, and Credit Sesame Suffered from Well-Known Security Vulnerability Program to Protect App Users’ Information Part of AG Initiative to Uncover Critical Security Vulnerabilities Before User Info is Stolen Companies Have Agreed to Implement Comprehensive Security NEW YORK – Attorney General Barbara D. Underwood today announced settlements…
Popular avatar app Boomoji exposed millions of users’ contact lists and location data
Zack Whittaker reports: Popular animated avatar creator app Boomoji, with more than five million users across the world, exposed the personal data of its entire user base after it failed to put passwords on two of its internet-facing databases. The China-based app developer left the ElasticSearch databases online without passwords — a U.S.-based database for its international…