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CafePress faces $500,000 fine for data breach cover up

Malwarebytes

According to Samuel Levine, Director of the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection: “CafePress employed careless security practices and concealed multiple breaches from consumers.”. CafePress waited seven months to publicly disclose a 2019 breach, and only did so after it had been reported in the news. The breach.

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Scary Fraud Ensues When ID Theft & Usury Collide

Krebs on Security

Jim told MSF and others who called or emailed that identity thieves had applied for the funds using his name and information; that he would never take out a payday loan; and would they please remove his information from their database? Then in mid-January, Jim heard from MSF via snail mail that they’d discovered a data breach.

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The Evolving Legislative and Compliance Landscape: A Roadmap for Business Leaders

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

The Thales 2024 Trust Index report indicates that 87% of consumers expect vendors to respect their digital rights, which leads to trusted relationships. However, a relentless barrage of data breaches, ransomware attacks, and sophisticated cyber threats steadily erodes this trust.

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The Evolving Legislative and Compliance Landscape: A Roadmap for Business Leaders

Security Boulevard

The Thales 2024 Trust Index report indicates that 87% of consumers expect vendors to respect their digital rights, which leads to trusted relationships. However, a relentless barrage of data breaches, ransomware attacks, and sophisticated cyber threats steadily erodes this trust.

Risk 72
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CNA legal filings lift the curtain on a Phoenix CryptoLocker ransomware attack

Malwarebytes

Two months after fully restoring its systems, CNA Financial, the leading US insurance company that was attacked by a group using Phoenix CryptoLocker ransomware, issued a legal notice of an information security incident to the Consumer Protection Bureau in New Hampshire. Phoenix posed as a browser update.

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Security Compliance & Data Privacy Regulations

eSecurity Planet

GDPR, the EU’s flagship data privacy and “right to be forgotten” regulation, has made the stakes of a data breach higher than ever. China’s Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL) , in particular, has raised part of the bar. Health data and patient data in the U.S. In the U.S.,

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SiteLock’s Top Five Cybersecurity Predictions For 2020

SiteLock

It’s safe to say that the volume and magnitude of high-profile data breaches and ransomware attacks that punctuated 2019 really kept the cybersecurity industry on its toes. Data breaches stole numerous headlines this year, including the notable Capital One breach that exposed more than 100 million customers’ accounts.