— Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. announced that it was subject to unauthorized access from outside the company. As a result of a thorough investigation, the company have discovered that some information from overseas offices may have been leaked to external parties. At this time, the company has found no evidence of leaking information to the…
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Snai down, the company explains: cyber attack on the website and app of online submissions
Gazzetta del Sud reports (translation): Snaitech, one of the main legal gaming operators in Italy, announces that it has been the subject of a cyber attack by unknown persons which has caused, starting from last December 27, the malfunctioning of the snai.it site and the gaming apps. Read more on Gazzetta del Sud, via @Chum1ng0. In related…
FTC Announces Enforcement for Inadequate Third Party Risk Management Practices Under the GLBA’s Safeguards Rule
Hunton Andrews Kurth writes: On December 15, 2020, the Federal Trade Commission announced a proposed settlement with Ascension Data & Analytics, LLC, a Texas-based mortgage industry data analytics company (“Ascension”), to resolve allegations that the company failed to ensure one of its vendors was adequately securing personal information of mortgage holders. The FTC alleged that Ascension’s vendor, OpticsML,…
Koei Tecmo – Websites down due while probable cyberattack investigated
Adnan Siddiqi reports that Koei Tecmo is investigating what may be a cyberattack. The firm reported: KOEI TECMO HOLDINGS CO., LTD. (KOEI TECMO) reported on December 22, 2020 that the website operated by its UK subsidiary KOEI TECMO EUROPE LIMITED (KTE) possibly had some of the user information collected on its website leaked online. ….
Personal Data from Thousands of Pension Plan Accounts Breached…Third-Party Service Provider Blamed
Joseph J. Lazzarotti of JacksonLewis writes: One of the last things pension plan participants would want to learn as they get ready to celebrate the Christmas holiday is that personal data from their pension accounts may have been compromised. This is the case, unfortunately, for approximately 30,000 Now:Pensions customers whose names, postal and email addresses,…
StockX succeeds in getting class action lawsuit dismissed, still faces arbitration
There’s an update to the StockX breach incident of 2019 and resulting litigation. The breach was initially covered on this site in August, 2019, following some great reporting by TechCrunch that exposed the breach was bigger than what the company had suggested. Now Reuters reports a proposed class action lawsuit against StockX has been dismissed…