data breach
Cost of data breaches in different countries
Ponemon Institute has carried out the largest study on the cost of data breaches and came to a conclusion that the average total cost of a data breach is $3.62 million and the average number of records in a data breach is 24,089. The study which was carried out on 17 industries including finance, healthcare, […]
Timehop data breach details
New York-based Timehop Company which provides an application for smartphones users to collect their memories from their old social media posts has disclosed that almost all of the private information of all its 21 million users was hacked by cyber crooks last week. The hacked info includes usernames, email address, telephone numbers and the virtual […]
Ticketmaster UK becomes a victim of a data breach
Ticketmaster UK, a division of American Ticket sales and distribution company Ticketmaster has admitted that it has become a victim of a data breach last week. A spokesperson from the company said that some hackers placed malicious software on its customer support product which eventually led to the data leak. The leaked info includes names, […]
Dixons Carphone admits payment card data breach
London based Dixons Carphone LLC, the largest electrical and telecommunications retailer and service provider has admitted that its servers were hacked by cyber crooks in July Last year who accessed the payment card data of customers in an unauthorized way. The consumer electronics company also admitted that it became a victim of a major cyberattack […]
UK ICO imposes £250k fine on Yahoo
The Information Commissioner Office (ICO) of UK has imposed a fine of £250,000 on Yahoo’s UK Division for failing to notify the 2014 Cyber Attack on time. Yahoo! Officials notified the world about the hack in September 2016 i.e after two years of a data breach which was strictly against UK’s data protection standards. In […]
Cyber Attack on Sheffield’s Credit Union members
A Cyber Attack has leaked data of thousands of members belonging to Sheffield’s Credit Union and it includes details such as names, telephone numbers, addresses, savings balances, loan amounts, national insurance numbers, bank sort codes and account numbers. Sources reporting to Cybersecurity Insiders say that the data breach could have exposed information of more than […]
Cyber Attack leaks payment information of Delta Airlines Customers
A Cyber Attack which occurred on a chat service provider used by Delta Airlines from September 26th to October 12th is said to have leaked payment information to a small subset of customers. The leaked info includes critical details such as passport, certain security credentials, and frequent flyer account information. Though the leak occurred last […]
Health records of 3 million Norwegians compromised in Cyber Attack
Data of over three million Norwegians was compromised when hackers struck the database of Norway’s Health South East RHF responsible for securing records of patients from countries like Vest Agder, Aust Agder, Telemark, Vestfold, Buskerud, Oppland, Hedmark, Oslo, Akershus, and Ostfold. Authorities announced the details of the breach on Monday after it received an alert […]
Carphone Warehouse fined £400,000 for Cyber Attack!
British Mobile Phone Retailer Carphone Warehouse has been fined £400,000 by the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office(ICO) due to a data breach in 2015. Sources reporting to Cybersecurity Insiders say that hackers gained unauthorized access to the database of the retailer leaking personal data of more than 3 million customers and 1,000 employees during an attack. […]
Russia launched Cyber Attacks to steal Yahoo User data says, Marissa Mayer
Marissa Mayer, the former Chief Executive of Yahoo Inc, has publicly disclosed that Russia launched cyberattacks on at least one occasion to steal Yahoo User Data. Mrs. Mayer also rendered her apology to all the Yahoo users, as the data theft occurred during her tenure. Testifying before the Senate Commerce Committee, alongside the interim and […]
