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Biometric Security Platform Data Breach Leaked Millions of Users Facial Recognition & Fingerprinting Data

15th August 2019BALAJI N

Security researchers discovered the biggest data breach in Biometric Security Platform BioStar 2 that leaks millions of users facial recognition records, fingerprints, log [...]

700K Guest Records Stolen in Choice Hotels Breach

13th August 2019Dark Reading Staff

Cybercriminals reportedly stole the information from an exposed MongoDB database on a third-party server. Source: Dark Reading – Threat Intelligence – 700K [...]

Russian Attack Group Uses Phones & Printers to Breach Corporate Networks

6th August 2019Dark Reading Staff

Microsoft spotted Strontium, also known as APT28 or Fancy Bear, using IoT devices to breach businesses and seek high-value data. Source: Dark [...]

1M Payment Cards Exposed in South Korea Breach

1st August 2019Dark Reading Staff

South Korea is the largest victim of card present data theft at a time when criminals are ramping up cyberattacks in the Asia-Pacific [...]

Capital One Breach Affects 100M US Citizens, 6M Canadians

30th July 2019Kelly Sheridan Staff Editor

The breach exposed credit card application data, Social Security numbers, and linked bank accounts, among other information. Source: Dark Reading – Threat [...]

Sephora Offers Monitoring Services in Wake of Data Breach

29th July 2019Dark Reading Staff

The data breach compromised data belonging to customers in parts of Southeast Asia, Australia, and New Zealand. Source: Dark Reading – Threat [...]

Equifax to Pay Nearly $650 Million as Fine Over 2017 Data Breach

21st July 2019GURUBARAN S

Equifax to pay a massive fine of around $650 million following to the 2017 data breach that exposes 145 million customers record. The [...]

Sprint Reveals Account Breach via Samsung Website

17th July 2019Curtis Franklin Jr Senior Editor at Dark Reading

The last-June breach exposed data includes names, phone numbers, and account numbers. Source: Dark Reading – Mobile Security – Sprint Reveals Account [...]

Marriott International Facing More than $120 Million Fine Under GDPR for 2018 Data Breach

10th July 2019BALAJI N

Marriott International fined over £99 million ($123 Millon) under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) for failure to protect customer data. Information Commissioner’s [...]

British Airways Facing £183.39 Millon Fine Under GDPR for 2018 Data Breach

8th July 2019BALAJI N

British Airways fined over £183 Million under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) from the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) for 2018 data breach. [...]