The Korea JoongAng Daily reports: Financial regulators have ordered Lotte Card to set up a dedicated call center for victims of a recent hacking incident and to prepare procedures for full compensation in cases of any fraudulent card use. The order comes after a cyber breach was reported at the company with 9.65 million individual…
Bail for 2 Hong Kong doctors accused of leaking data to implicate surgeon
Oscar Liu reports: Two public hospital doctors have been granted bail after being arrested in Hong Kong on suspicion of leaking a cancer patient’s medical data to highlight alleged professional shortcomings by her operating surgeon. Observers, meanwhile, said that although the incident did not align with the principles of “whistle-blowing”, it underscored the need for…
Gmail’s protections are strong and effective, and claims of a major Gmail security warning are false.
From Google’s blog, today, to try to counter headlines about any major security concern: We want to reassure our users that Gmail’s protections are strong and effective. Several inaccurate claims surfaced recently that incorrectly stated that we issued a broad warning to all Gmail users about a major Gmail security issue. This is entirely false….
Huge Fines Imposed by Thailand’s PDPC: A Major Alert on Data Privacy Violations (Thailand)
Shunsuke Minowa and Poonyisa Sornchangwat of Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu write: 1. Background On 1 August 2025, Thailand’s Personal Data Protection Committee (“PDPC”) announced the issuance of 8 fines totaling THB 14.5 million (approximately USD 448,000), which were levied against one government agency and other private entities for non-compliance with the Personal Data Protection Act of 2019 (“PDPA”)…
Massachusetts AG Secures $795,000 Settlement for Alleged Data Security and Breach Notification Failures by Peabody Properties Inc.
A.J. S. Dhaliwal, Mehul N. Madia, Maxwell Earp-Thomas of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton write: On August 19, Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell announced a $795,000 settlement with a property management company for alleged violations of the Massachusetts Consumer Protection Act, and the Massachusetts Data Security Law and Data Security Regulations. The AG alleged that the…
FBI cyber cop: Salt Typhoon pwned ‘nearly every American’
Jessica Lyons reports: China’s Salt Typhoon cyberspies hoovered up information belonging to millions of people in the United States over the course of the years-long intrusion into telecommunications networks, according to a top FBI cyber official. “There’s a good chance this espionage campaign has stolen information from nearly every American,” Michael Machtinger, deputy assistant director…