Hunton Andrews Kurth writes: On April 15, 2019, the Greek Data Protection Authority (“DPA”) fined Hellenic Petroleum S.A. EUR 20,000 for unlawful processing of personal data and EUR 10,000 for failing to adopt appropriate data security measures. Hellenic Petroleum S.A. had engaged a vendor to conduct a study on its behalf. The study was exposed…
Category: Business Sector
i-Dressup and a data security mess-up
Lesley Fair of the FTC writes: Kids love to play dress-up, but parents wouldn’t want them rummaging through the attic or climbing to the top shelf of the wardrobe without permission and proper supervision. The i-Dressup.com website offered users – including children – a virtual way to play dress-up and design clothes without those potential…
Supply Chain Hackers Snuck Malware Into Videogames
Andy Greenberg reports: The security sector is waking up to the insidious threat posed by software supply chain attacks, where hackers don’t attack individual devices or networks directly, but rather the companies that distribute the code used by their targets. Now researchers at security firms Kaspersky and ESET have uncovered evidence that the same hackers…
Google Moves Developers to OAuth to Help Prevent Phishing Attacks
Dennis Fisher reports: In an effort to cut off an avenue used in some phishing attacks, Google is planning to block authentication attempts from some apps that use embedded browser frameworks in the near future. The change is part of a broader initiative by the company to get a better handle on when and how…
Chipotle customers are saying their accounts have been hacked
Zack Whittaker reports: A stream of Chipotle customers have said their accounts have been hacked and are reporting fraudulent orders charged to their credit cards — sometimes totaling hundreds of dollars. Customers have posted on several Reddit threads complaining of account breaches and many more have tweeted at @ChipotleTweets to alert the fast food giant…
Klaussner Furniture Notified More than 9,000 Employees and Their Dependents of a Data Security Incident Involving Health Plan Data
Another day, another press release…. ASHEBORO, N.C., April 05, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Klaussner Furniture Industries, Inc. (“Klaussner”) recently became aware that a data security incident that affected its operations could also have affected the personal information of certain current and former employees, as well as some of their dependents. However, after a thorough investigation…