data breaches

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    Meta fined another R4.8 billion over data breach

    Meta fined another R4.8 billion over data breach Ireland’s data protection commission fined Meta Platforms Inc.’s Irish arm €251 million (R) following two inquiries into a personal data breach that it said impacted 29 million users worldwide. The breach was reported by Meta Platforms Ireland...
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    Fortinet customer data exposed through third-party cloud storage

    Fortinet customer data exposed through third-party cloud storage The cybersecurity firm Fortinet Inc. said Thursday that someone had broken into a “limited” number of files that contained information related to some of its customers. The Sunnyvale, California-based company, which sells network...
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    ITAC under fire for waiting 3 months to tell customers about possible data compromise

    ITAC under fire for waiting 3 months to tell customers about possible data compromise South African importers and exporters are livid after the International Trade Administration Commission (Itac) notified them about a ransomware attack — more than three months after it happened. Itac informed...
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    SANDF denies it was hacked — again

    SANDF denies it was hacked — again The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) has again denied that the Department of Defence's network was hacked following claims of an alleged data breach last week. In a statement on Saturday, 2 September 2023, the SANDF said the incident was the work...
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    Tesla sues two former employees over data breach impacting over 75,000 people

    Tesla sues two former employees over data breach impacting over 75,000 people Tesla Inc.’s May data breach impacted more than 75,000 people, included employee-related records and was a result of “insider wrongdoing,” according to a notice posted by the office of the Maine Attorney General...
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    Ex-Uber security boss concealed 2016 data breach

    Ex-Uber security boss concealed 2016 data breach Uber Technologies Inc.’s former security chief was convicted of concealing a massive data breach in a case that prosecutors tied to the company’s troubled past under its original leadership. Joe Sullivan was found guilty in San Francisco federal...
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