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British, Dutch Regulators Fine Uber for 2016 Cyber Attack

British and Dutch regulators on Tuesday [Nov. 27] fined ride-hailing service Uber for failing to protect customers’ personal information during a 2016 cyber attack involving millions of users. Names, mobile phone numbers and email addresses were compromised in the breach, …

Uber Paid Hackers to Hide Breach of 50 Million Customer, Driver Records

Hackers stole the personal data of 57 million customers and drivers from Uber Technologies Inc., a massive breach that the company concealed for more than a year. This week, the ride-hailing firm ousted its chief security officer and one of …

Asset Managers Urged to Make Cyber Risk Top Priority

Investors are being poorly served by a haphazard approach from fund managers to the growing threat of cyber crime damaging the companies in which they invest, with a lack of clarity from the businesses themselves compounding the problem. Banks have …

Surprising Number of Cyber Attacks Aim to Destroy, Not Steal

Hacking attacks that destroy rather than steal data or that manipulate equipment are far more prevalent than widely believed, according to a survey of critical infrastructure organizations throughout North and South America. The poll by the Organization of American States, …