[ad_1] Capital One is reporting a massive data breach affecting 100 million people in the US that exposed the names, addresses, phone numbers and email addresses they used on their credit card applications. A 33-year-old Seattle woman named Paige Thompson allegedly exploited a vulnerability in Capital One’s online databases to steal the credit card application […]
[ad_1] The Equifax data breach back in 2017 affected half of all adult Americans who were put at a high risk of identity theft due to Equifax’s terrible handling of their personal information. Now Equifax is finally set to pay. As Reuters reports, a global settlement has been reached between Equifax and the Federal Trade […]
[ad_1] (blackdovfx / iStock / Getty Images Plus) In a post-GDPR world, it seems like data regulation watchdogs finally have some bite to their bark. In the past week, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO)—a security authority in the UK—announced it would fine British Airways and the Marriott hotel chain $229 million and $124 million, respectively, […]
[ad_1] The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), a data security watchdog in the UK, has fined British Airways £183 million (approximately $229 million) for the company’s poor security practises that let hackers gather information about the names, email addresses, and credit card numbers of 380,000 transactions and affected 500,000 customers. The hack, which took place in […]