Krispy Kreme has agreed to pay $1,616,760 to settle a class action lawsuit arising from a data breach incident in November 2024 that compromised the personal information of 161,676 former and current employees.
omcast has agreed to pay $117.5 million to settle a class action lawsuit related to a data breach incident in late 2023 that impacted up to 36 million subscribers.
When a cyber-attack hits, what separates disruption from disaster is how well an organisation can contain the damage and get back on its feet. That was the theme of a TEISS dinner at the House of Lords, hosted by BT and Illumio, where senior executives discussed how companies can recover and even improve after a breach.
The global demand for IT cyber specialists continues its relentless rise, driven by an expanding threat landscape and increasingly stringent regulatory pressures.
A class action lawsuit has been filed against Sunflower Medical Group after it failed to protect sensitive personal information during a cyber security incident.
The Information Commissioner’s Office said it has launched an investigation to see how social networking platforms TikTok, Reddit and Imgur protect the privacy of minors.
The Facial Pain Center (FPC) has reported a significant data breach to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights, revealing that an unauthorized party gained access to sensitive consumer information.
Young Consulting LLC, a software company specializing in solutions for the employer stop-loss marketplace, has disclosed a significant data breach affecting Blue Shield of California members.
Continuum Health Alliance, a Marlton, New Jersey-based managed services provider to the healthcare sector, said it experienced a data security incident in October 2023 that compromised the sensitive personal information of more than 375,000 individuals.
Texas Dow Employees Credit Union, a Lake Jackson, Texas-based financial services company, said the personal and financial information of more than 500,000 individuals was compromised as a result of the Clop ransomware group exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in the MOVEit Transfer web application.
There is a growing need to take an identity-centric approach to information security, but organisations trying to accomplish that are facing challenges.
Pharmacy giant Dis-Chem, the second-largest retail pharmacy chain in South Africa with 165 stores, has been hit by a data breach that affected the personal details of 3.6 million customers.
A new study conducted by sociologists at the Ural Federal University (UrFU) has found that 56% of young people between 18-30 are concerned about personal data security due to increasing video surveillance, monitoring, wiretapping, and online tracking. These are additional fears that complement and reinforce traditional ones rather than replacing them.
A paper published by the world’s main central bank umbrella group, the BIS, has called for individuals and firms to be given more control over the data collected on them by social media and other Big Tech firms and banks.