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Security Compliance & Data Privacy Regulations

eSecurity Planet

Regulatory compliance and data privacy issues have long been an IT security nightmare. GDPR (among other legal requirements in the EU and elsewhere) can expose multinational organizations to hefty financial penalties, additional rules for disclosing data breaches, and increased scrutiny of the adequacy of their data security.

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Latitude Data breach is worse than initially estimated. 14 million individuals impacted

Security Affairs

Australian loan giant Latitude Financial Services (Latitude) revealed that a data breach its has suffered impacted 14 million customers. The data breach suffered by Latitude Financial Services (Latitude) is much more serious than initially estimated. Latitude reported the security breach to the Australian Federal Police.

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First American Financial Pays Farcical $500K Fine

Krebs on Security

In May 2019, KrebsOnSecurity broke the news that the website of mortgage settlement giant First American Financial Corp. NYSE:FAF ] was leaking more than 800 million documents — many containing sensitive financial data — related to real estate transactions dating back 16 years. First American Financial Corp.

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SAP Security Patch Day for May 2019 fixes many missing authorization checks

Security Affairs

SAP released SAP Security Patch Day for May 2019 that includes 8 Security Notes, 5 of which are updates to previously released Notes. “Today, being the second Tuesday of the month, SAP released May’s Security Notes. “Today, being the second Tuesday of the month, SAP released May’s Security Notes.

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The US government sanctioned four entities and one individual for supporting cyber operations conducted by North Korea

Security Affairs

Cyber security and intelligence experts believe that attacks aimed at the cryptocurrency industry will continue to increase next year. Data published by the National Intelligence Service agency confirms a report published by South Korean media outlet Chosun early this year that revealed North Korean threat actors have stolen around $1.7

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Peter Marta, Former Global Head of Cybersecurity Law at JPMorgan joins Hogan Lovells Privacy and Cybersecurity Practice

HL Chronicle of Data Protection

Hogan Lovells announced today that Peter Marta , the former global head of Cybersecurity and Global Security and Investigations Legal for JPMorgan Chase and Co., Pete is an established leader in the banking and financial services sectors. And prior to joining JPMorgan Chase in 2013, Pete was a member of the U.S.

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HHS Settles with Affinity Health Plan Over Photocopier Security Breach

Hunton Privacy

On August 14, 2013, the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) announced a resolution agreement and $1,215,780 settlement with Affinity Health Plan (“Affinity”) stemming from a security breach that affected approximately 350,000 individuals. million in civil penalties in 2013. View the resolution agreement.