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Majority Of Hotels Leak Personal Data – Symantec
Leaky hotels. Symantec study finds 67 percent of hotels worldwide leak guests' personal information
Facebook Takes Down Exposed User Data On Amazon Server
Mexican firm responsible however refuses to accept 540 million records on Facebook users was sensitive
500px Admits Data Breach
Popular photograph website admits 'data security incident' that affects millions of its users
South African Power Firm Eskom Fails To Secure Customer Data
Eskom criticised after failing to respond to researcher about its exposure of customer data
Collection 2 Data Breach Exposes 2.2 Billion Unique Accounts
Massive new data dump of 2.2 records are being distributed on hacker forums and torrents
Collection 1 Data Breach Exposes 773 Million Email Addresses
One of the largest ever data breaches includes hundreds of millions emails and 21 million passwords
German Suspect Confesses To Mass Data Leak
20 year old student admits he was behind massive data leak of German politicians, celebrities and public figures
NASA Staff Data Stolen In Server Hack
Houston, we have a problem. Server breach at American agency sees data stolen from past and current staff
RSA Conference Puts Politics, Data Protection In The Spotlight
RSA Conference 2019: Following a year of controversies around politics, misinformation, data leaks and massive security breaches, RSA Conference looks to shed light on the issues
Google Plus To Be Retired Earlier Than Expected
Goodbye Facebook rival. Google decides to accelerate its “sunsetting” of Google+ after discovery of developer bug
Google Chief Sundar Pichai Faces Congressional Hot Seat This Week
In a year of belligerent hearings targeting Facebook and Twitter, Google is now set to come in for its moment of hostile political scrutiny
Data Regulator Probes ‘Colossal’ Four-Year Marriott Breach
The hack exposed personal data and card information on up to 500m customers of Marriott's Starwood hotels dating back to 2014
ICO Fines Businesses Over Failure To Pay New Data Protection Fees
Organisations face fines of up to £4,350 for failure to pay the new fees, which came into force this year to fund the GDPR's broad regulatory approach
Amazon Customer Data Leaked Ahead Of Black Friday
Blames 'technical error' for disclosure of customer names and email address, as it fixes flaw
Facebook Appeals Cambridge Analytica Fine
Firm claims £500,000 fine is unjustified, as it disputes UK regulator fine over data breach
Cathay Pacific Admits Hack Went On For Months
Airline admits it was under sophisticated attack for months, and took six months to inform the world
HSBC Confirms Data Breach Of US Customers
British Airways Confirms Theft Of Additional Data
Another 185,000 payment card data stolen, after BA uncovers second hack whilst investigating the first
Cathay Pacific Admits Hack Of 9.4 Million Customer Records
Another data breach in the aviation industry, as airline admits compromise of personal data for 9.4 million passengers
Morrisons Faces Hefty Compensation Claim After Losing Appeal
Court of Appeal rules that supermarket is liable for rogue employee who posted salary details online
MoD Secrets Exposed In Multiple Data Breaches – Report
Sensitive British defence data has been exposed in multiple breaches in 2017, heavily redacted incident reports show
Facebook Data Breach Affects 29 Million Users
Social network revises down the number of accounts affected, but still doesn't offer fraud protection
What Now For Google Plus Users?
Google 'hangouts' its social network experiment, leaving consumers with less than a year before switch off
Google Data Leak Raises EU Data Protection Concerns
The search giant also withdraws from bidding on a Pentagon contract after a report reveals it decided not to disclose a data leak earlier this year
Uber Pays £113m To Settle Hidden Data Breach
Ouch. The 2016 data breach at Uber which it kept quiet has cost $148m in US legal settlement payments
US State Department Suffers Email System Breach
Slow roll-out of two factor authentication blamed after State Department admits email data breach
Superdrug Admits Disclosure Of Personal Data
But pharmacy chain adamant its systems were not compromised as hacker attempted to extort money
Reddit Confirms ‘Serious’ Hack Of User Data
Reddit knew of 'security incident' since 19 June but only alerted users more than a month later
Dixons Carphone Breach Bigger Than First Thought
Insists no evidence of fraud, despite admission that 10 million customer records were compromised