British Airways Faces Major UK Class-Action Lawsuit After 2018 Data Breach January 13, 2021 By Ellen Milligan British Airways Plc faces the largest privacy class-action lawsuit in UK history over its 2018 customer data breach. More than...
Data Theft at Defense Firm Leonardo Targeted Details of Military Aircraft: Arrest Warrant December 23, 2020 By Francesca Landini MILAN – An investigation into a data theft at Leonardo has found that a hacker working inside the Italian defense...
Home Depot to Pay $17.5 Million to Settle With States Over 2014 Data Breach Claims November 25, 2020 By Jonathan Stempel Home Depot Inc., the largest U.S. home improvement retailer, on Tuesday reached a $17.5 million settlement to resolve a multistate...
COVID-19-Related Data Breach Affects Thousands in Delaware November 24, 2020 Public health officials in Delaware on Sunday disclosed that the personal information of thousands of people who were tested for...
Swedish Insurer Folksam Accidentally Leaks Private Data on 1 Million Customers November 3, 2020 Sweden’s largest insurer, Folksam, accidentally leaked private data on about one million of its customers to a handful of the...
UK Data Protection Watchdog Slaps Biggest-Ever Fine on British Airways October 19, 2020 By Muvija M Britain’s data protection watchdog said on Friday it has fined British Airways 20 million pounds – its biggest such penalty...
Texas Software Provider to Local Governments Reports Data Breach September 25, 2020 By Frank Bajak and Jake Bleiberg A Texas-based provider of software services to local governments and schools across the United States, Tyler Technologies, told customers on...
Shopify Customer Data Likely Exposed by 2 Employees Attempting to Steal Records September 23, 2020 Shopify Inc. said on Tuesday data of customers who shopped at fewer than 200 merchants listed on the company’s e-commerce...
Capital One Will Pay $80 Million Fine for Data Breach During Cloud Transfer August 7, 2020 By Pete Schroeder Capital One Financial Corp will pay an $80 million penalty to a U.S. bank regulator after the bank suffered a...
UK-Based Tech Platform Xchanging Hit by Ransomware Attack July 6, 2020 DXC Technology announced that certain systems of its subsidiary, Xchanging, have experienced a ransomware attack. Xchanging is primarily an insurance...