Security Affairs

JULY 13, 2021

American clothing brand and retailer Guess discloses a data breach after the February ransomware attack and is notifying the affected customers. In February, American fashion brand Guess was hit by a ransomware attack, now the company is disclosing a data breach and is notifying affected customers.

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Retail Data breaches Ransomware Access 99

Security Affairs

JULY 9, 2024

The financial organization confirmed that certain personal information may have been compromised. The financial organization refused to pay the ransom and the gang leaked the stolen data. According to a data breach notification filed with the Office of the Maine Attorney General, the security breach impacted 7,640,112 individuals.

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Data breaches Retail Cybersecurity Ransomware 122

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

American retailer and distributor of automotive parts and accessories AutoZone discloses a data breach after a MOVEit attack. AutoZone is an American retailer and distributor of automotive parts and accessories. The company is one of the largest aftermarket automotive parts and accessories retailers in the United States.

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Data breaches Retail Education Ransomware 129

Security Affairs

MAY 22, 2024

The digital imaging products manufacturer OmniVision disclosed a data breach after the 2023 ransomware attack. At the same time, we took proactive measures to remove the unauthorized party and ensure the security of OVT systems.” ” reads the data Breach Notification. OmniVision Technologies Inc.

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Data breaches Ransomware Manufacturing Encryption 127

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Giant office retail company Staples disclosed a data breach, threat actors accessed some of its customers’ order data. Staples, the office retail giant, disclosed a data breach, it notified its customers that their order data have been accessed by threat actors without authorization.

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Data breaches Retail Access Security 144

Security Affairs

JANUARY 30, 2021

US wireless carrier UScellular discloses data breach, personal information of customers may have been exposed and their phone numbers ported. US wireless carrier UScellular discloses a data breach that exposed personal information of its customers. ” reads the USCellular data breach notification.

Data breaches 144

Data breaches Retail Passwords Access 144

Security Affairs

APRIL 15, 2023

The Brazilian retail arm of car manufacturing giant Volvo leaked sensitive files, putting its clientele in the vast South American country in peril. Volvo’s retailer in Brazil, Dimas Volvo, leaked sensitive files through its website. website, belonging to an independent Volvo retailer in the Santa Catarina region of Brazil.

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Retail Manufacturing Communications Passwords 98

Security Affairs

JANUARY 19, 2024

American global apparel and footwear company VF Corp revealed that the December data breach impacted 35.5 The incident interrupted retail store inventory replenishment and delayed order fulfillment. million customers. VF Corporation is an American global apparel and footwear company that owns 13 brands.

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Data breaches Passwords Retail Insurance 132

Security Affairs

MAY 20, 2023

Luxottica has finally confirmed the 2021 data breach that exposed the personal information of 70 million customers. BleepingComputer first reported the news, and Luxottica confirmed that the data breach is the result of a new security incident suffered by a third-party contractor that was managing its customer data.

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Data breaches Retail Sales Ransomware 98

Security Affairs

JANUARY 30, 2023

Sports fashion retail JD Sports discloses a data breach that explosed data of about 10M customers who placed orders between 2018 and 2020. UK sports fashion chain JD Sports disclosed a data breach that exposed customer data from orders placed between November 2018 and October 2020.

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Data breaches e-Delivery Passwords Retail 98

IT Governance

JUNE 1, 2023

Welcome to our new-look list of data breaches and cyber attacks. On this page, you will find all our usual information breaking down the month’s security incidents. So, each month, we’ll update this page with the latest figures and links, so be sure to bookmark it to keep an eye out for the latest data breach news.

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Data breaches Insurance Personal data Ransomware 118

Security Affairs

JANUARY 4, 2022

UScellular, one of the largest wireless carriers in the US, has disclosed a data breach after the hack suffered in December 2021. UScellular has disclosed a data breach after the attack that compromised the company’s billing system in December 2021. ” reads the data breach notification letter.

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Data breaches Retail Access Communications 133

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Luxury retail company Neiman Marcus Group has announced this week that it has suffered a data breach that impacted customer information. The attack against Neiman Marcus Group took place in May 2020, as a result of the attack, threat actors had access to customers’ information, including payment card data.

Data breaches 114

Data breaches Retail Passwords Access 114

Hunton Privacy

AUGUST 13, 2020

Earlier this year, The Retail Equation, a loss prevention service provider, and Sephora were hit with a class action lawsuit in which the plaintiff claimed Sephora improperly shared consumer data with The Retail Equation without consumers’ knowledge or consent. Code § 1798.150).

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Retail Privacy Data breaches Communications 144

Security Affairs

JUNE 17, 2021

The securWizCase experts found a major breach that affected the popular online retailer Cosmolog Kozmetik. WizCase’s security team, led by Ata Hakç?l, l, has found a major breach in popular online retailer Cosmolog Kozmetik’s database. Hundreds of thousands of users were compromised in the breach.

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Data breaches Retail Privacy Sales 109

IT Governance

AUGUST 21, 2018

Data breaches. What steps will the ICO (Information Commissioner’s Office) take to ensure organisations comply with the recently enforced GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation)? How will customers, suppliers and partners react to organisations that suffer a breach? What is the cost of a data breach?

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Retail Data breaches GDPR Compliance 51

IT Governance

JANUARY 9, 2023

Welcome to our review of security incidents for 2022, in which we take a closer look at the information gathered in our monthly lists of data breaches and cyber attacks. IT Governance discovered 1,063 security incidents in 2022, which accounted for 480,014,323 breached records. That represents an 14.8%

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Data breaches Ransomware Government Passwords 123

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 20, 2021

While the threat actors claimed to have obtained information on customers, login credentials for retailers and distributors, and corporate and financial documents, the company pointed out only employees’ data was exposed. SecurityAffairs – hacking, data breach). Pierluigi Paganini.

Data breaches 119

Data breaches Sales Retail Ransomware 119

Security Affairs

JANUARY 15, 2023

The Canadian Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO), the largest beverage alcohol retailer in the country, disclosed Magecart attack. Canadian Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO), the largest beverage alcohol retailer in the country, disclosed a Magecart attack on January 10, 2023. Pierluigi Paganini.

Retail 98

Retail Sales Passwords Cybersecurity 98

Security Affairs

JUNE 5, 2023

The BBC and British Airways were both impacted by the data breach suffered by the payroll provider Zellis. As a result of the cyber attack on the payroll provider Zellis, the personal data of employees at the BBC and British Airways has been compromised and exposed.

Data breaches 93

Data breaches Retail Cybersecurity Personal data 93

Security Affairs

JANUARY 21, 2020

The US-based children’s clothing maker Hanna Andersson has disclosed a data breach that affected its customers. The US-based children’s clothing maker and online retailer Hanna Andersson discloses a data breach, attackers planted an e-skimmer on its e-commerce platform. Pierluigi Paganini.

Data breaches 114

Data breaches Retail Cloud Insurance 114

Hunton Privacy

MAY 20, 2021

On May 18, 2021, New York Attorney General (“AG”) Letitia James announced a settlement agreement with Filters Fast LLC (“Filters Fast”) over a data breach that compromised personal information of approximately 324,000 consumers nationwide, including over 16,500 New York state residents.

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Data breaches Retail Security IT 78

Hunton Privacy

OCTOBER 19, 2022

On October 12, 2022, New York Attorney General Letitia James announced that her office had secured a $1.9 million penalty from e-commerce retailer Zoetop, owner of SHEIN and ROMWE, following an improperly handled data breach. In addition to paying New York $1.9

Data breaches 64

Data breaches Passwords Retail Cybersecurity 64

IT Governance

JUNE 14, 2018

Little more than three years since its previous security incident, electronics retailer Dixons Carphone has admitted to a data breach compromising 5.9 million personal records – making it the biggest online data breach in UK history. million customer cards and 1.2 It’s not too late to comply with the GDPR .

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Data breaches GDPR Retail Compliance 75

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 8, 2020

A data breach suffered by Luxottica has exposed the personal and health information of patients of LensCrafters, Target Optical, and EyeMed. The exposed financial data includes budgets, marketing forecast analysis, and other sensitive data. SecurityAffairs – hacking, data breach). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Data breaches Insurance Retail Ransomware 85

IT Governance

DECEMBER 6, 2018

A recent survey by Ping Identity shows that customers move away from brands that have suffered data breaches. Data breaches are now a common occurrence – big-name brands affected in 2018 include FIFA , British Airways , Vision Direct , Eurostar and Marriott. Of that segment, 34% experienced financial loss.

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Data breaches GDPR Risk Security 91

Security Affairs

JANUARY 30, 2024

Energy management and industrial automation firm Schneider Electric suffered a data breach after a Cactus ransomware attack. BleepingComputer contacted Schneider Electric which confirmed the data breach. The attack impacted the services of Schneider Electric’s Resource Advisor cloud platform causing outages.

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Ransomware Data breaches Digital transformation Encryption 139

IT Governance

OCTOBER 9, 2018

We’ve talked a lot recently about the financial effects of data breaches and how you should respond to incidents , but that still leaves the question of how data breaches occur. This blog looks at some real-world examples of some of the most common causes of data breaches and explains how they occurred.

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Data breaches Ransomware Phishing Retail 82

eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 21, 2024

Each of these regulations addresses different aspects of cybersecurity and data protection, making it essential for businesses and organizations to stay informed and proactive. HIPAA also requires organizations to conduct regular risk assessments and report data breaches.

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Cybersecurity Computer and Electronics Compliance Privacy 120

Hunton Privacy

APRIL 27, 2021

As reported on the Hunton Retail Law Blog , on April 26, 2021, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed the dismissal on Article III standing grounds of a data breach class action predicated on an alleged increased risk of identity theft. McMorris v. Carlos Lopez & Assocs. , 19-4310, 2021 WL 1603808 (2d Cir.

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Data breaches Risk Retail Education 88

Hunton Privacy

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

Assuming the plaintiff does so, she might face retroactivity hurdles, given the data breach allegedly “occurred from September 16, 2019 to November 11, 2019,” and the CCPA is not expressly retroactive. On February 3, 2020, a class action lawsuit was filed that expressly references the CCPA— Barnes v. Hanna Andersson, LLC, et al.,

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Data breaches Privacy Retail Security 67

Security Affairs

APRIL 21, 2024

carmaker with phishing attacks Law enforcement operation dismantled phishing-as-a-service platform LabHost Previously unknown Kapeka backdoor linked to Russian Sandworm APT Cisco warns of a command injection escalation flaw in its IMC.

Data breaches 121

Data breaches Security Ransomware MDM 121

IT Governance

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

What’s certainly not a good sign, however, is the number of data breaches caused by organisations’ own employees. Basic information security practices – and I really do mean basic – are ignored over and over again, and for what? Data breach. NC DHHS Reports Data Security Incident.

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Data breaches Retail Privacy Phishing 73

IT Governance

MARCH 11, 2024

66,702,148 known records breached in 103 newly disclosed incidents Welcome to this week’s global round-up of the biggest and most interesting news stories. At the end of each month, these incidents – and any others that we find – will be used to inform our monthly analysis of data breaches and cyber attacks.

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Data Privacy Privacy Security Data breaches 70

Hunton Privacy

MARCH 21, 2017

On March 17, 2017, retailer Neiman Marcus agreed to pay $1.6 million as part of a proposed settlement (the “Settlement”) to a consumer class action lawsuit stemming from a 2013 data breach that allegedly compromised the credit card data of approximately 350,000 customers.

Data breaches 56

Data breaches Retail Information Security Education 56

IT Governance

OCTOBER 9, 2018

In total, the memory stick contained more than 1,000 files, but just 1% of the contents comprised personal data. At the time of the breach, reports claimed that data on the stick also included the Queen’s travel itinerary. How did the data breach occur? However, the ICO hasn’t confirmed this.

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Data breaches Personal data Libraries Information Security 50

Security Affairs

JUNE 13, 2023

UK communications regulator Ofcom suffered a data breach after a Clop ransomware attack exploiting the MOVEit file transfer zero-day. UK’s communications regulator Ofcom disclosed a data breach after a Clop ransomware attack. At this time the number of installs located in the UK is 127.

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Communications Data breaches Ransomware Personal data 84