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The FCC imposes $200 million in fines on four US carriers for unlawfully sharing user location data

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wireless carriers $200 million for sharing customers’ real-time location data without consent. wireless carriers nearly $200 million for unlawfully selling access to real-time location data of their customers without consent. Carriers must adopt reasonable measures to prevent unauthorized access to customer data.

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Colorado Department of Higher Education (CDHE) discloses data breach after ransomware attack

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The Colorado Department of Higher Education (CDHE) finally disclosed a data breach impacting students, past students, and teachers after the June attack. In June a ransomware attack hit the Colorado Department of Higher Education (CDHE), now the organization disclosed a data breach.

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Airbus suppliers were hit by four major attack in the last 12 months

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Airbus Hit by Series of Cyber Attacks on Suppliers: Security Sources. The news was reported by security sources to the AFP agency, the experts suspected that the attacks were carried out by China-linked hackers. The experts reported that Airbus suppliers were hit by at least four major attack in the last 12 months.

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Open Exchange Rates discloses a security breach

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Last week, Open Exchange Rates disclosed a data breach that exposed the personal information and hashed passwords for customers of its API service. Last week, the currency data provider Open Exchange Rates has disclosed a data breach that exposed the personal information and salted and hashed passwords for customers of its API service.

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US Railroad firm RailWorks discloses a data breach after a ransomware attack

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The security breach may have also exposed personally identifiable information (i.e. Government-issued IDs, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, dates of hire/termination and/or retirement) for current and former employees, their beneficiaries and dependents, and contractors.

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 261

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The best news of the week with Security Affairs. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. A new round of the weekly newsletter arrived!

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US-based children’s clothing maker Hanna Andersson discloses a data breach

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The US-based children’s clothing maker Hanna Andersson has disclosed a data breach that affected its customers. The US-based children’s clothing maker and online retailer Hanna Andersson discloses a data breach, attackers planted an e-skimmer on its e-commerce platform. Hannah Anderson was breached.