Category: Data Breach

Twitter Fined By EU Data Protection Watchdog For GDPR Breach
Twitter Fined By EU Data Protection Watchdog For GDPR Breach
Twitter Fined By EU Data Protection Watchdog For GDPR Breach
Twitter Fined By EU Data Protection Watchdog For GDPR Breach

Twitter Fined By EU Data Protection Watchdog For GDPR Breach

Twitter Fined By EU Data Protection Watchdog For GDPR Breach Ireland’s Data Protection Commission fined Twitter €450,000 (~$550,000) for failing to notify the DPC of a breach within the 72-hour timeframe imposed by European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and to adequately document it. The GDPR is a user and data privacy regulation that came into

Android App Still Exposing Messages Of 100M Users Despite Bug Fix

Android App Still Exposing Messages Of 100M Users Despite Bug Fix GO SMS Pro, an Android instant messaging app with more than 100 million installs, is still exposing the privately shared messages of millions of users even though the developer has been working on a fix for the flaw behind the data leak for almost two weeks. The

Healthcare Provider AspenPointe Data Breach Affects 295K Patients

Healthcare Provider AspenPointe Data Breach Affects 295K Patients U.S. healthcare provider AspenPointe notified patients of a data breach stemming from a September 2020 cyberattack that enabled attackers to steal protected health information (PHI) and personally identifiable information (PII). AspenPointe is a nonprofit funded by Medicaid, state, federal, and local government contracts, as well as donations, that manages 12 organizations serving

Sophos Alerts Customers Of Info Exposure After Security Breach

Sophos Alerts Customers Of Info Exposure After Security Breach British cybersecurity and hardware company Sophos has emailed a small group of customers to alert them that their personal information was exposed following a security breach discovered on Tuesday. The exposed customer data was accessible to unauthorized parties due to a misconfigured “tool” used by the company

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