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American Airlines disclosed a data breach

Security Affairs

American Airlines disclosed a data breach, threat actors had access to an undisclosed number of employee email accounts. American Airlines recently suffered a data breach, threat actors compromised a limited number of employee email accounts. SecurityAffairs – hacking, data breach).

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First Multistate HIPAA Data Breach Lawsuit May Signal Increased State Interest in Data Security Enforcement

Data Matters

On December 3, 2018, twelve attorneys general (“AGs”) jointly filed a data breach lawsuit against Medical Informatics Engineering and its subsidiary, NoMoreClipboard LLC (collectively “the Company”), an electronic health records company, in federal district court in Indiana. See Indiana v. Informatics Eng’g, Inc. , 3:18-cv-00969 (N.D.

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Phish Leads to Breach at Calif. State Controller

Krebs on Security

A phishing attack last week gave attackers access to email and files at the California State Controller’s Office (SCO), an agency responsible for handling more than $100 billion in public funds each year. A notice of breach posted by the California State Controller’s Office. Source: sco.ca.gov. .

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India Poised to Enact Digital Personal Data Protection Bill

Hunton Privacy

The final text of the DPDPB as passed has not yet been released, but India’s Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology released a description of the DPDPB’s “salient features” which include: Obligations of “data fiduciaries” ( i.e. , persons, companies and government entities who process data), including as to security safeguards, data breach (..)

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CNIL Fines Uber for Data Security Failure Related to 2016 Data Breach

Hunton Privacy

On December 20, 2018, the French data protection authority (the “CNIL”) announced that it levied a €400,000 fine on Uber France SAS, the French establishment of Uber B.V. for failure to implement some basic security measures that made possible the 2016 Uber data breach. acted as a mere data processor of Uber B.V.

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GUEST ESSAY: Top 5 cyber exposures tied to the rising use of international remote workforces

The Last Watchdog

Since then, as remote work has become more popular and accessible, that figure has likely only increased. Similarly, different nations exercise varying amounts of authority over internet traffic. While most governments won’t likely do anything nefarious with this information, it does heighten the risk of a data breach.

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VulnRecap 2/26/24 – VMWare, Apple, ScreenConnect Face Risks

eSecurity Planet

Urgent patching and prompt updates can protect systems from unauthorized access, data breaches, and potential exploitation by threat actors. To secure sensitive data, cybersecurity specialists, software vendors, and end users should encourage collaborative efforts against malicious activities.

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