According to a recent article published by ABS CBN, the Dutch Prosecutors have been able to seize a hacker account and return the ransom money to the university, with some interest. Read more about the case here.
A US healthcare clinic has recently informed the local authorities about a data breach incident involving more than 92,000 patients. The incident announced in late June 2022 took place in December 2021. Find the full article on this incident here.
A security incident occurred in the city of Amagasaki in Japan, where an employee of BIPROGY, a company hired by the city’s government to find out who in the city was eligible for tax exemptions, has lost a flash drive including the dates of birth, addresses, bank account numbers, and tax details of the 465,177...
OpenSea is apopular non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace valued several billion dollars and hundreds of thousands of users. The employee of one of its vendors has reportedly misused employee access to download and share OpenSea’s users and newsletter subscribers with an unauthorized external party. The company owning the platform has reported the suspected breach to law...
The European Consumer Organisation (BEUC) has taken action against Google for violations of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). BEUC’s press release reads that the tech giant would be unfairly steering consumers towards its surveillance system when they sign up to a Google account, instead of giving them privacy by design and by default...
Privacy and cybersecurity have progressively become crucial in due diligence for mergers and acquisitions (M&As). The Global Banking and Finance Review published an interesting article which underlines how challenging it can be to scrutinise privacy compliance and cybersecurity processes during M&As, especially in the case of past or ongoing data breaches. The article analyses the...
The Coordinated Supervision Committee of the European Data Protection Board (CSC – EDPB) was created in 2018 in accordance with Article 62 of the GDPR, which provides that the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) and the national supervisory authorities, each acting within the scope of their respective competences, shall cooperate actively within the framework of...
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