Category: Industry News

• by Anthony Orjally
• Industry News

Numerous Mailchimp customers are now warning users that they might face increased risks of phishing attacks in the wake of a recent data breach.   Read via IT PRO

• by Anthony Orjally
• Industry News

Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) has imposed a €5.5 million fine on WhatsApp for General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) breaches dating back to 2018.   Read via Computing.

• by Anthony Orjally
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The data, which allegedly contained hundreds of thousands of names and birth dates, was found by the hacker after regional airline CommuteAir left it on an open server.   Read via PCMag.

• by Anthony Orjally
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Nearly 35,000 PayPal users had their personal information, including Social Security and tax identification numbers, exposed to hackers, according to the company.   Read via PCMag

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
• Industry News

Holiday Inn owner, Intercontinental Hotels Group (IHG), has confirmed the company has been hit by a cyber-attack. Read via BBC

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
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A fat fine — of €405 million — is headed Instagram’s way after European Union privacy regulators came to a decision on a long-running complaint related to how the social media platform handles children’s data. The penalty is for a breach of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Read via Yahoo

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
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NHS IT service provider Advanced says system recovery has been more complex than anticipated. Doctors and healthcare providers take care notes with pen and paper as services remain offline. Read via CSOOnline

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
• Industry News

Weekend Wisdom returns for another week! We have two brand new Youtube videos for you : A Business Email Data Breach – Can It Affect You? – Watch here Advent IM – 2022 Awards Nominations – watch here In news this week Twitter whistleblower raises security concerns – Read here Plex database breached, emails, usernames, […]

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
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A U.K. water supplier suffered a disruption in its corporate IT systems Monday as a result of a cyber-attack but claims that its water supply was not affected. Read via Threat Post

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
• Industry News

If you happen to be using Plex, you need to be high alert. That’s because the home media streaming company has started warning users via email that a data breach has taken place, though, Plex insists that the “impact of the incident is limited”. And as such, the users are being advised to reset their […]