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Cactus RANSOMWARE gang hit the Swedish retail and grocery provider Coop

Security Affairs

The Cactus ransomware group claims to have hacked Coop, one of the largest retail and grocery providers in Sweden. Coop is one of the largest retail and grocery providers in Sweden, with approximately 800 stores across the country. The stores are co-owned by 3.5 million members in 29 consumer associations.

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Security AI and automation are key in protecting against costly data breaches for retailers and consumer goods businesses

IBM Big Data Hub

The rise of online commerce over the last two decades has completely transformed the retail and consumer goods industries—and with smartphone adoption accelerating globally, the share of shopping done via the internet will only continue to expand. For retail, the average data breach studied cost $2.96

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Data breaches and cyber attacks quarterly review: Q3 2021

IT Governance

Welcome to our third quarterly review of security incidents for 2021, in which we take a closer look at the information gathered in our monthly list of cyber attacks and data breaches. IT Governance discovered 266 security incidents between July and September 2021, which accounted for 185,721,284 breaches records.

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American retailer Guess discloses data breach after ransomware attack

Security Affairs

American clothing brand and retailer Guess discloses a data breach after the February ransomware attack and is notifying the affected customers. “The investigation determined that there was unauthorized access to certain Guess systems between February 2, 2021 and February 23, 2021. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Retail giant Costco discloses data breach, payment card data exposed

Security Affairs

Retail giant Costco Wholesale Corporation notified its customers of a data breach that might have exposed their payment card information. The retail giant has 737 membership-only retail stores across the U.S., it is the fifth-largest retailer in the world and the 10th-largest corporation in the country by total revenue.

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The bright side of data privacy compliance: 5 value-driven opportunities for retailers

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

The bright side of data privacy compliance: 5 value-driven opportunities for retailers madhav Thu, 08/31/2023 - 05:20 Failing to keep up with data privacy legislations, such as General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) or the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) can harm a brand’s bottom-line and public reputation. Let’s unpack this.

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2021 data breach exposed data of 70 Million Luxottica customers

Security Affairs

Luxottica has finally confirmed the 2021 data breach that exposed the personal information of 70 million customers. pic.twitter.com/62uQWT4YQB — Andrea Draghetti (@AndreaDraghetti) May 12, 2023 The most recent entry in the database is March 16th, 2021, a circumstance that suggests it is a new data breach suffered by Luxottica.