Jennifer Reeves, Simon Day, and Cameron Firth of MacFarlanes write: In an early victory for Meta, the Competition Appeal Tribunal has refused to certify a collective claim brought on behalf of some 45 million consumers by proposed class representative Dr Liza Lovdahl Gormsen (the “PCR”). Less than three weeks after the certification hearing, the Tribunal…
Category: Business Sector
Activision did not notify employees of data breach for months
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai reports: On December 4, hackers successfully phished an employee at the games giant Activision, gaining access to some internal employee and game data. This data breach was not disclosed until last weekend, when cybersecurity and malware research group vx-underground posted on Twitter screenshots of the stolen data, as well as the hackers’ messages on Activision’s internal Slack…
Singapore data centre says no data loss discovered after report on hackers obtaining logins
CNA reports: Data centre operator ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC) has noticed no data loss or impact to its customer service portals following a hacking incident in 2021, it said on Tuesday (Feb 21). Through unspecified means, the hackers made away with login credentials – email addresses and passwords – for customer-support websites for STT…
Hackers Start Selling Data Center Logins for Some of World’s Largest Corporations
Jordan Robertson reports: In an episode that underscores the vulnerability of global computer networks, hackers got ahold of login credentials for data centers in Asia used by some of the world’s biggest businesses, a potential bonanza for spying or sabotage, according to a cybersecurity research firm. The previously unreported data caches involve emails and passwords…
Defending Data Breach Claims in Ireland
Colin Monaghan, Anthony Strogen, Deirdre Munnelly, and Rosemary Lynch of Mason Hayes & Curran LLP write: European Union, Ireland February 17 2023 The recent significant Circuit Court decision in the case of Gary Cunniam v Parcel Connect Ltd t/a Fastway Couriers Ireland & Others now provides useful guidance on the view of the Irish Courts in matters related…
Ca: Sobeys admits to data breach in fall 2022, alerts customers and employees
Hafsa Arif provides an update on the ransomware attack on Sobeys, a Canadian supermarket chain, by Black Basta last year: The Maritime-based Empire Co. – parent company of Sobeys – acknowledges customers and employees past and present are receiving letters saying their personal information may have been compromised. Read more at CTV.