The monetary penalties levied against ride-sharing giant Uber for covering up a 2016 breach continue to mount. From the ICO’s office: The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined ride sharing company Uber £385,000 for failing to protect customers’ personal information during a cyber attack. A series of avoidable data security flaws allowed the personal details…
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Bulgarian Prosecutors Detain Three Hackers Allegedly Involved in $5 Million Crypto Theft
Helen Partz reports: Bulgarian Gendarmerie forces and specialized prosecutors have arrested three hackers allegedly involved in stealing $5 million in crypto, Sofia-based newspaper 24 Chasa reports Monday, Nov. 26. Bulgarian police reportedly seized cryptocurrencies worth around $3 million, as well as the equipment allegedly used by the thefts, including computers, flash drives, and a hardware…
Data Protection Authority of Baden-Württemberg Issues First German Fine Under the GDPR
Here’s a more detailed analysis of the GDPR fine of 20,000€ levied against a German flirting site, knuddels.de. Dr. Henrik Hanssen and Dr. Stefan Schuppert write: In the first fine issued by a German data protection authority under the European General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”), on 21 November 2018 the authority of the German state…
IN: Lake Ridge Schools loses suit to recover $120,000 missing after hacking incident
Bill Dolan reports: The Lake Ridge School Corp. has had another financial setback only weeks after voters declined to provide more tax revenue to the struggling institution. The school district recently lost a legal battle with a New York bank to recover more than $120,000 stolen two years ago by an offshore computer hacker. School…
Hackers offer ‘Black Friday’ discounts for stolen credit card details
Matthew Field reports: Hackers are offering Black Friday discounts for stolen credit card details being bought and sold on the dark web as they seek to cash in on an online shopping bonanza. Security experts including the FBI, the UK’s cyber defence agency and online security firms have warned of a wave of hacking and fraud as criminals…
German flirting network gets fined 20,000€ for leaking user information
Nicole Lorenz reports Knuddels.de is a German flirting / chatting / social media channel. The network was hacked back in September and around 808,000 email addresses as well as 1,872,000 pseudonyms and passwords were leaked as a result. Now a couple of months later a German court decided that the company would have to pay…