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Retail giant Home Depot agrees to a $17.5 million settlement over 2014 data breach

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million settlement in a multi-state investigation of the data breach that the company suffered in 2014. million settlement over the 2014 data breach. In 2014, Home Depot revealed that the data breach impacted 56 million customers across the US and Canada. Retail giant Home Depot has agreed to a $17.5 ” . .

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UK new information security commissioner is John Edwards

CyberSecurity Insiders

United Kingdom has issued a press update on the appointment of its next information commissioner and reports are because it is going to be John Edwards, who’s currently serving as Privacy Commissioner for New Zealand since 2014.

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Unc0ver is the first jailbreak that works on all recent iOS versions since 2014

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will be a big milestone for jailbreaking because it is the first zero-day jailbreak released since iOS 8 that was released in September 2014. Let’s see when Apple will release security updates to address the zero-day vulnerability exploited by the Unc0ver team. Pwn20wnd states that #unc0ver v5.0.0 unc0ver v5.0.0

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UK ICO proposes a $123 million fine for Marriott 2014 data breach

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The UK’s data privacy regulator plans to fine giant hotel chain Marriott International with a £99 million ($123 million) under GDPR over 2014 data breach. The UK’s data privacy regulator announced that the giant hotel chain Marriott International faces a £99 million ($123 million) fines under GDPR over 2014 data breach.

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5 Ways artificial intelligence Is Being Used to Keep Sensitive Information Secure

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FISMA Update: What’s changing and why it matters

Acunetix

In early October, the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee announced bipartisan legislation that’s set to make waves in federal civilian cybersecurity. This move to overhaul the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) from 2014 is especially notable as the government became the most targeted.

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OWASP discloses a data breach

Security Affairs

The incident impacted OWASP members from 2006 to around 2014 who provided their resumes as part of joining OWASP. Exposed resumes contained names, email addresses, phone numbers, physical addresses, and other personally identifiable information.