Loraine Centeno reports: McDonald’s just got a supersized reminder to beef up its digital security after its recruitment platform allegedly exposed the sensitive data of 64 million applicants. Security researchers Ian Carrol and Sam Curry, known for their work in vulnerability investigations and ethical hacking, recently revealed a major flaw in McDonald’s new McHire recruitment…
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Louis Vuitton hit by data breach in Türkiye, over 140,000 users exposed; UK customers also affected (1)
[Google machine translation of notice on government site:] Public Announcement (Data Breach Notification) – Louis Vuitton Çantacılık Ticaret Anonim Şirketi As is known, Article 12, paragraph (5) of the Law on the Protection of Personal Data No. 6698, titled “Obligations regarding data security,” stipulates that “If processed personal data is obtained by others through illegal…
German court offers EUR 5000 compensation for data breaches caused by Meta
Aurora Munteanu reports: The Leipzig District Court has awarded Facebook users EUR 5000 in compensation for data protection violations from Meta’s Business Tools. This marks a significant precedent in European privacy enforcement. The German court offered the judgment on July 4th, 2025, finding that Meta Platforms Ireland Limited breached the General Data Protection Regulation through its extensive tracking…
UK police arrest four in connection with M&S, Co-op and Harrods cyberattacks (1)
Reuters reports: Four people have been arrested as part of a police investigation into cyberattacks that disrupted the operations of retailers Marks & Spencer, the Co-op and Harrods, Britain’s National Crime Agency said. The cyberattack on M&S was the most serious, costing it about 300 million pounds ($409 million) in lost operating profit. The NCA…
Credit reports among personal data of 190,000 breached, put for sale on Dark Web; IT vendor fined
Ian Cheng reports: IT vendor Ezynetic has been fined $17,500 for failing to protect its clients’ data, which resulted in more than 190,000 individuals’ personal data being stolen and put for sale on the Dark Web. Ezynetic had failed to put in place reasonable security arrangements to protect the personal data in its possession or…
India’s Max Financial says hacker accessed customer data from its insurance unit
Jagmeet Singh reports: Max Financial Services on Wednesday said its insurance subsidiary Axis Max Life Insurance received communication from an anonymous sender about unauthorized access to its customer data. Without disclosing specifics, the Noida-based financial services company said in its stock exchange filing that Axis Max Life Insurance subsequently initiated an information security assessment and data log…