The breach of personal data on more than 143 million customers Equifax revealed in September was followed in mid-March by the news that an executive insider - traded stock before the public was notified about the breach.
If your information was not affected by what is one of the largest
breaches of personal data to date, you got the following message from Facebook (as a pop - up):
Faced with misleading press stories, the ICO has been addressing misconceptions about the GDPR by publishing myth busting blogs, including on the new requirement to report serious
breaches of personal data...
Not exact matches
The SEC said Tuesday that Altaba's payment will settle allegations that the company, when it was known as Yahoo, failed to disclose to investors its knowledge
of the huge 2014
data breach that exposed the
personal data of over 500 million users.
Ashley Madison, a website that facilitates extramarital affairs for married people, suffered an epic
data breach over the weekend, with hackers threatening to release the
personal information
of its tens
of millions
of users.
Equifax's
breach follows rival Experian Plc's
breach two years ago that exposed sensitive
personal data of some 15 million people who applied for service with T - Mobile US Inc (http://reut.rs/2f8ES9k)
Personal data was stolen from hundreds
of millions
of Yahoo users in the December 2014
breach attributed to Russian hackers.
Equifax Inc, a provider
of consumer credit scores, said on Thursday that
personal details
of as many as 143 million U.S. consumers were accessed by hackers between mid-May and July, in what could be one
of the largest
data breaches in the United States.
From May through July 2017, Equifax, one
of three major U.S. credit reporting agencies, experienced a massive
data breach that exposed the
personal information
of a whopping 143 million Americans.
The United States Postal Service is the latest victim in a long list
of organizations to have recently experienced a
data breach, saying it believes more than 800,000 employees»
personal data — including Social Security numbers, names, dates
of birth, addresses among other information — may have been compromised, the Washington Post reports.
More than 87 million Facebook users»
data were notified Tuesday that some
of their
personal information was compromised as part
of the
breach.
Equifax officials are also reportedly being investigated by the US Justice Department after selling stock before the company revealed a
data breach that exposed the
personal information
of millions
of Americans.
In September, Equifax reported a massive
data breach, saying hackers may have accessed the
personal details, including names and Social Security numbers,
of more than 143 million consumers from mid-May to July.
There are some suggestions that the OfficeMax situation is just the latest sign
of problems with the collection
of personal data, conflating this incident with the unwarranted surveillance
of American citizens by the government and the massive
data breach of information from Target.
High - ranking U.S. lawmakers want to know more about Equifax's major
data breach that has compromised the
personal information
of tens
of millions
of U.S. residents.
The Equifax
data breach is more serious than others because
of its sheer size and the sensitive
personal data that may have been leaked.
Lawmakers have yet to come up with a fix for the patchwork
of conflicting state laws that govern how companies shield
personal data and notify consumers when
breaches occur.
(Reuters)- Experian Plc (EXPN.L), the world's biggest consumer credit monitoring firm, on Thursday disclosed a massive
data breach that exposed sensitive
personal data of some 15 million people who applied for service with T - Mobile US Inc TMUS.N.
Because the Equifax
data breach is so large and the company pulls
data from a number
of external sources — banks, credit card companies, etc. — it's essential that you check whether your
personal information might have been impacted.
In light
of recent
data breaches within the
personal credit reporting industry, it's probably more important than ever to pay close attention to your
personal credit profile.
News about the
data breach sparked a public outcry and prompted many
of Facebook's 2.1 billion users to reevaluate how they use the massive social media platform, and whether the company should be trusted with so much
personal information.
The possibility that millions
of people's
personal data could have been used to influence such important political events has laid bare how consequential
data breaches of this scale can be.
After hackers obtained the
personal information
of more than 145 million consumers in the Equifax
data breach, Americans are wondering...
The capture and storage
of personal information itself creates a target, prone to
data harvesting and
breaches.
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April 12 West Virginia's attorney general on Thursday said he had sued Equifax Inc for failing to safeguard its consumer information and delaying in alerting the public to a
data breach that exposed the
personal data of about 148 million people.
Equifax waited six weeks to admit to a hack that compromised the
personal information
of 145 million customers, and Yahoo disclosed a massive
data breach involving 500 million accounts late last year — a full two years after the incident occurred.
April 12 West Virginia sued Equifax Inc on Thursday for failing to safeguard consumer information
of hundreds
of thousands
of state residents and for delaying alerting the public to a
breach that exposed the
personal data of about 148 million people, the state's attorney general said.
Uber announced on Nov. 21 that the
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breach that occurred in October 2016, and that it paid the hacker $ 100,000 to destroy the information.
In fact, just this month it was reported that the Equifax
data breach of 2017 may have exposed more
personal information than anyone previously thought.
Equifax, a provider
of consumer - credit scores, said on Sept. 7 that
personal details
of as many as 143 million U.S. consumers were accessed by hackers between mid-May and late July, in what could be one
of the most significant
data breaches ever in the United States.
The Equifax security
breach is the worst Americans have experienced not only because
of the large number
of people impacted, but because
of the volume
of personal data that was exposed to hackers.
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The company recently disclosed a
data breach that targeted the
personal contact information
of 4.6 million
of its clients.
While the focus
of the huge Equifax
breach has largely been on the
personal data stolen from 143 million Americans, the hack also included the theft
of credit card numbers belonging to 209,000 Americans.
It takes just one successful
breach into the internal server network
of a large business or government organization to sieze hundreds
of millions
of personal records, usernames, passwords and credit card
data.
While the focus
of the huge Equifax
breach has largely been on the
personal data stolen from 143 million Americans, the hack also included... Read More
Fallout continues from the Equifax scandal, in which up to 140 million Americans — about 43 percent
of the total population — had
personal data exposed due to a
breach discovered on July 29.
This is the year privacy safeguards finally kick in for consumers after outraged lawmakers wasted no time passing legislation in the wake
of the Equifax
data breach, which exposed the
personal information
of more than 145 million Americans.
Graber may know a lot more about
data breaches than the average lawyer — he is a key lawyer for plaintiffs in the massive
data breach at Anthem Inc. that «compromised the
personal identification and health information
of more than 80 million customers
of the health care company,» according to the law firm.
These developments include major
data privacy breaches such as the Equifax leak, the troubling revelations about the use of personal data assembled by Facebook for marketing and political manipulation, and the introduction of the European Union's General Data Privacy Regulations, which establish new facts on the ground regarding compliance for globally active compan
data privacy
breaches such as the Equifax leak, the troubling revelations about the use
of personal data assembled by Facebook for marketing and political manipulation, and the introduction of the European Union's General Data Privacy Regulations, which establish new facts on the ground regarding compliance for globally active compan
data assembled by Facebook for marketing and political manipulation, and the introduction
of the European Union's General
Data Privacy Regulations, which establish new facts on the ground regarding compliance for globally active compan
Data Privacy Regulations, which establish new facts on the ground regarding compliance for globally active companies.
Yahoo has been ordered by a federal judge to face much
of a lawsuit in the United States claiming that the
personal information
of all 3 billion users was compromised in a series
of data breaches.
On Thursday, March 1, Equifax announced an additional 2.4 million U.S. customers had their
personal information compromised as a result
of a 2017 Equifax
data breach.
Credit bureau Equifax revealed that a
data breach had compromised the
personal information
of about 145.5 million people.
A massive
data breach at credit - reporting firm Equifax has exposed the
personal data of around 143 million Americans — almost half the country's population.
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personal information from a growing number
of data breaches.
It suggested the proposed bill ignores the European court ruling that blanket
data retention
breaches fundamental rights to respect for private life and the protection
of personal data.