Topic: cybersecurity failures
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France Slaps Unemployment Agency with €5M Data Breach Fine
France's data protection authority fined the national unemployment agency €5 million for a major cybersecurity breach that compromised the personal data of an estimated 43 million individuals. The breach was executed through social engineering, where hackers manipulated employees to gain access, ...
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Unlikely allies unite to remove flawed traffic cameras
A coalition is challenging automated license plate readers due to privacy risks and operational flaws, with Flock Safety facing pressure from legislators and activists over its extensive camera network. Legislators have called for a federal probe into Flock's negligent data handling and cybersecu...
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Australian Clinical Labs Fined for Medlab Pathology Data Breach
Australian Clinical Labs was fined $5.8 million for a 2022 data breach affecting over 223,000 people, marking the first civil penalties issued under the Privacy Act 1988. The penalties were imposed for failing to protect personal information, assess the breach promptly, and report it to the Commi...
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TaskUs Staff Implicated in Coinbase Data Breach, Court Docs Claim
A TaskUs employee was identified as the central figure in a major data breach at Coinbase, involving stolen customer data and social engineering attacks. The breach compromised nearly 70,000 users' personal information, leading to a $20 million ransom demand and significant financial losses. Task...
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