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Home Depot Settles 2014 Breach Lawsuit for $17.5 Million

Data Breach Today

million settlement in a class-action lawsuit stemming from a 2014 data breach that compromised the payment card data of 40 million of the retailer's customers. The company will also implement new security procedures as part of the agreement.

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Booter Boss Interviewed in 2014 Pleads Guilty

Krebs on Security

net prior to our phone call in 2014. In February 2014, KrebsOnSecurity reached out to Usatyuk’s father Peter Usatyuk , an assistant professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Usatyuk of Orland Park, Ill. in , quezstresser[.]com com , betabooter[.]com com , databooter[.]com com , instabooter[.]com com , polystress[.]com

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Unc0ver is the first jailbreak that works on all recent iOS versions since 2014

Security Affairs

A team of hackers and cyber-security researchers have released a new jailbreak package dubbed Unc0ver for iOS devices. A team of cyber-security researchers and hackers have released a new jailbreak package dubbed Unc0ver (from the name of the team that devised it) that works on all recent iOS versions. unc0ver v5.0.0

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SEC Fines Yahoo $35 Million Over 2014 Breach

Data Breach Today

Securities and Exchange Commission to settle accusations that the search giant failed to promptly notify investors about a December 2014 data breach. Regulator Accuses Yahoo - Now 'Altaba' - Of Taking Too Long To Notify Investors Yahoo, now known as Altaba, has agreed to a $35 million civil fine with the U.S.

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Chinese Hackers Stole an NSA Windows Exploit in 2014

Schneier on Security

2014-2015: China’s hacking team code-named APT31, aka Zirconium, developed Jian by, one way or another, cloning EpMe. This allows someone with a foothold on a machine to commandeer the whole box. Early 2017: The Equation Group’s tools were teased and then leaked online by a team calling itself the Shadow Brokers.

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Home Depot Agrees to Pay $17.5 Million in Multistate Settlement Following 2014 Data Breach

Hunton Privacy

million and implement a series of data security practices in response to a data breach the company experienced in 2014. We previously reported on a settlement Home Depot reached in 2017 to resolve a putative class action brought by financial institutions impacted by the 2014 data breach. (“Home Depot”) agreed to pay $17.5

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UK ICO proposes a $123 million fine for Marriott 2014 data breach

Security Affairs

The UK’s data privacy regulator plans to fine giant hotel chain Marriott International with a £99 million ($123 million) under GDPR over 2014 data breach. The UK’s data privacy regulator announced that the giant hotel chain Marriott International faces a £99 million ($123 million) fines under GDPR over 2014 data breach.