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UK Watchdog Fines Equifax $13.4M for Role in ‘One of Largest’ Cyber Breaches

Britain’s financial watchdog said on Friday it had fined consumer credit rater Equifax Ltd. 11 million pounds ($13.4 million) for its role in “one of the largest” cyber-security breaches in history. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said that in 2017 …

23andMe Faces Class Action Lawsuit Following Data Breach

In a move that has come to be expected following most cyberattacks, two victims of the recent 23andMe data breach have filed a class action lawsuit. The suit, filed in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California alleges …

Spanish Airline Air Europa Hit by Data Breach of Credit Card System

Spanish airline Air Europa has suffered a cyberattack on its online payment system that let some of its customers’ credit card details exposed, the company said on Tuesday. The airline emailed customers whose credit card details were affected and notified …

Hacker Puts 23andMe User Data Up for Sale on the Internet

An anonymous hacker is claiming to be selling “millions” of genetic profiles cobbled together from hijacked 23andMe customer accounts. The seller suggested the profiles, which include email addresses, photos, gender, date of birth and DNA ancestry, could be used to …

MGM Casino Expects $100 Million Hit From Hack That Led to Data Breach

MGM Resorts International said on Thursday a cyberattack last month that disrupted its operations would cause a $100 million hit to its third-quarter results, as it works to restore its systems. One of the world’s largest gambling firms, MGM shut …

Blackbaud to Pay States $49.5 Million to End Probe of 2020 Ransomware Incident

State attorneys general were busy Thursday announcing their share of a $49.5 million settlement with software company Blackbaud related to a 2020 ransomware event that exposed the data of millions of people across the U.S. Blackbaud said it reached the …

Insurer Mapfre Faces Class Actions Over Data Breach

Two proposed class actions have been filed in federal court in Massachusetts against Mapfre U.S.A. Corp. and its affiliate Commerce Insurance Co. over a recent data breach that one of the lawsuits contends may have exposed customer data for more …

University of Minnesota Faces Lawsuit Over Alleged Negligence in Data Breach Incident

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – A lawsuit filed on behalf of a former student and former employee at the University of Minnesota accuses the university of not doing enough to protect personal information from a recent data breach. Attorneys for the two …

Tesla Data Breach Blamed on ‘Insider Wrongdoing’ Impacted 75,000

Tesla Inc.’s May data breach impacted more than 75,000 people, included employee-related records and was a result of “insider wrongdoing,” according to a notice posted by the office of the Maine Attorney General Friday. A total of 75,735 people were …

42,000 Vermonters Affected by MOVEit Data Breach

The Vermont Department of Financial Regulation reports that the large-scale data security breach of the MOVEit software has compromised the personally identifiable information of roughly 42,000 Vermonters and more than 38 million consumers nationwide. The breach occurred when CLOP Ransomware …