Clement Ooi reports: The civil suit between local gaming products company Razer and IT solutions provider Capgemini began in Singapore’s High Court today (Jul 13) Last year, Razer discovered a cybersecurity breach that revealed that the personal information of about 100,000 Razer customers could have been exposed. While no sensitive data such as credit card…
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UK: College probe after personal details of hundreds emailed out by mistake
David Hannant reports: A college has vowed to investigate after the personal details of hundreds of its applicants were emailed to a single parent by mistake. In August last year, the parent of a City College Norwich student was in an email exchange with one of the college’s customer service team when she received an…
No need to hack, when it’s leaking, Wednesday edition: WeWork India, Proud Makatizen in Philippines
Two large leaks involving personal information discovered by researchers. First up, Zack Whittaker reports: WeWork India has fixed a security lapse that exposed the personal information and selfies of tens of thousands of people who visited WeWork India’s coworking spaces. Security researcher Sandeep Hodkasia found visitor data spilling from the check-in app on WeWork India’s website, used…
Hungarian authority fines data controller EUR 7,500 data breach and rules free online services not suitable for high-risk processing
Dóra Petrányi, Katalin Horváth, Márton Domokos, and Daniella Huszár of CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP write: In the latest decision of the National Authority for Data Protection and Freedom of Information (NAIH), a data controller for a political party, responsible for a data breach where six Excel files were made publicly available through a…
Wegmans hit with $400,000 data-breach penalty
Marcia Greenwood reports a follow-up to a data leak initially reported in June 2021: Wegmans Food Markets has been hit with a $400,000 penalty for exposing the personal information of more than 3 million customers chainwide, including more than 830,000 New Yorkers, the New York State Attorney General’s Office announced Thursday. In a statement, the…
Massive Trove of Gun Owners’ Private Information Leaked by California Attorney General
Stephen Gutowski reports: California gun owners have been put at risk by the Attorney General’s office after a new dashboard leaked their personal information. The California Department of Justice’s 2022 Firearms Dashboard Portal went live on Monday with publicly-accessible files that include identifying information for those who have concealed carry permits. The leaked information includes the person’s…