Uber Probes Hacker’s Claim to Have Penetrated Key Databases September 16, 2022 By Jackie Davalos Uber Technologies Inc. has shut down internal Slack messaging as it investigates a cybersecurity breach by a hacker claiming to...
World’s Most Popular Password Manager Says It Was Hacked August 26, 2022 By Margi Murphy LastPass, a password manager used by more than 33 million people around the world, said a hacker recently stole source...
Job Service Settles With Massachusetts Over Data Breach, Written Security Plan Violation July 26, 2022 A Rhode Island-based job placement service company will pay $230,000 in penalties under a data security settlement reached with Massachusetts...
Uber Admits Covering Up 2016 Hacking, Avoids Prosecution in U.S. Settlement July 26, 2022 By Jonathan Stempel Uber Technologies Inc. on Friday accepted responsibility for covering up a 2016 data breach that affected 57 million passengers and...
T-Mobile to Pay $350 Million in Settlement Over Massive Hacking July 25, 2022 By Jonathan Stempel and Sara Merken T-Mobile US Inc. agreed Friday to pay $350 million and spend an additional $150 million to upgrade data security to...
Luxury British Jeweler Pays $7.5 Million in Crypto Ransom to Russian Hackers July 6, 2022 By Olivia Fletcher Luxury British jeweler Graff Diamonds Corp. paid $7.5 million ransom in Bitcoin to a Russian hacking gang after it leaked...
Grocery Chain Wegmans Settles with New York Over Data Breach July 1, 2022 By Jonathan Stempel The supermarket chain Wegmans agreed to pay $400,000 and upgrade its security practices over a data breach that exposed personal...
Carnival Cruise Pays $5M, Gives Up Insurance Licenses in New York Over Data Breach June 24, 2022 New York’s financial services regulator has fined Carnival Corp. $5 million for violations of the state’s cybersecurity regulations that the...
South Dakota Health Care System Says Data Breach Affected 700 June 16, 2022 The private information of hundreds of patients at a Sioux Falls-based health care system have been compromised, according to the...
Texas Dept. of Insurance Security Issue Exposed Data for Nearly 3 Years May 24, 2022 A data breach at the Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) exposed confidential information of 1.8 million Texans for nearly three...