Cable One Inc. on 16 August 2019, said that a data breach earlier this year could have affected the personal information of some current and former employees, but also could have reached some of those employees’ family members. Although Cable One (NYSE: CABO) said it is not aware of any misuse of information as a… Read More »Cable One Data Breach : Why It Happened & What Can You Learn?
Capital One data breach affected over 106 million people, 140,000 Social Security numbers, 80,000 bank account numbers,1,000,000 Social Insurance Numbers … The breach had taken place about 4 months back however it took some time before the breach was realised, in-fact it took an external tip for Capital One to realise something had happened. The… Read More »Capital One Hacked : Why It Happened & What Can You Learn?
$700m to be paid by credit score agency Equifax as part of a settlement for data breach in 2017. The breach is known to expose data of at least 147 million people. It is FTC’s largest data-breach settlement, much above the uber penalty of $148m. (Free Demo) Discover Your Attack Surface Now Why It Happened ?… Read More »Equifax To Pay $700m As Data Breach Settlement
Why It Happened ? Marriott faces a fine of $124 million proposed by UK regulators under the EU’s new privacy rules. Before being discovered, the breach persisted for 4 years, dated back to 2014 but was not discovered until November 2018. Marriott said the long-running breach exposed such information as names, email addresses, phone numbers,… Read More »Marriott Hacked : Why It Happened & What Can You Learn?
$230m fine proposed as penalty to British Airways from the Information Commissioner’s Office for the data breach that is believed to have affected thousands of their customers between April and June 2018. The breach was disclosed in September. Why It Happened ? This attack involved user traffic from British Airways website being diverted to a fraudulent… Read More »British Airways Hacked : Why It Happened & What Can You Learn?