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.

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Retail Privacy Data breaches Communications 144

Security Affairs

MARCH 2, 2023

Retailer WH Smith disclosed a data breach following a cyber attack, threat actors had access to access company data. Retailer WH Smith revealed that threat actors have breached its infrastructure and had access to the data of about 12,500 current and former employees.

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Retail Data breaches Access Ransomware 93

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. Pierluigi Paganini.

Retail 98

Retail Data breaches Ransomware Access 98

Security Affairs

JULY 17, 2024

The world’s largest recreational boat and yacht retailer MarineMax, disclosed a data breach following a cyber attack. The world’s largest recreational boat and yacht retailer MarineMax disclosed a data breach that impacted over 123,000 individuals.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 15, 2020

Chilean-based retail giant Cencosud has suffered a ransomware attack that impacted operations at its stores, Egregor ransomware appears to be involved. A ransomware attack, allegedly launched by the Egregor ransomware gang, hit the Chilean-based retail giant Cencosud, the incident impacted operations at its stores. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Retail Ransomware Encryption IT 141

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. — LCBO (@LCBO) January 10, 2023.

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Retail Sales Passwords Cybersecurity 91

Security Affairs

JULY 9, 2024

At the end of June, the LockBit gang announced that it had breached the systems of the Federal Reserve of the United States and exfiltrated 33 TB of sensitive data, including “Americans’ banking secrets.” Despite the announcement, data leaked data from the group belongs to the Arkansas-based financial organization Evolve Bank & Trust.

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Data breaches Retail Cybersecurity Ransomware 107

Security Affairs

JANUARY 18, 2021

German data regulator LfD announced a €10.4M fine under GDPR against the online laptop and electronic goods retailer NBB for video-monitoring employees. The State Commissioner for Data Protection (LfD) Lower Saxony announced a €10.4 The State Commissioner for Data Protection (LfD) Lower Saxony announced a €10.4

Retail 120

Retail GDPR Sales Privacy 120

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 119

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 137

Security Affairs

APRIL 28, 2024

ICICI Bank, a major private bank in India, mistakenly exposed the sensitive data of thousands of new credit cards to unintended recipients. ICICI Bank, one of the leading private banks in India, accidentally exposed data of thousands of new credit cards to customers who were not the intended recipients.

Financial Services 122

Financial Services Retail IT Information Security 122

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)? Customers of the Adidas.com website may have been affected by a breach after an unauthorised party gained access to customer data.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 3, 2018

The parent firm of bling retailers Jared and Kay Jewelers has fixed a bug in the Web sites of both companies that exposed the order information for all of their online customers. When several weeks passed and Sheehy could still view his information and that of other Jared customers, he reached out to KrebsOnSecurity.

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Retail Phishing Information Security IT 219

Data Matters

APRIL 6, 2022

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Division of Enforcement (EXAMS or Division) issued its annual examination priorities. Private Fund, ESG Investing, Retail Investors, Cybersecurity, Fintech, and Digital Assets.

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Retail Compliance Sales Risk 86

Security Affairs

MAY 20, 2023

Luxottica has finally confirmed the 2021 data breach that exposed the personal information of 70 million customers. On May 12, the cybersecurity expert Andrea Draghetti noticed that a threat actor released data belonging to Luxottica speculating a new databreach. The investigation into the security breach is still ongoing. “We

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Data breaches Retail Sales Ransomware 91

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.

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Data breaches Retail Passwords Access 144

The Last Watchdog

MARCH 21, 2022

For businesses, the same is now true about information. Data has become critical to your organization’s success. At the same time – in fact, as a direct result of data’s central importance – more adversaries are working harder and finding more nefarious ways to steal or otherwise compromise your data.

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Encryption Cloud Privacy GDPR 214

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 114

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.

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Data breaches Retail Passwords Access 100

Security Affairs

JANUARY 19, 2024

American global apparel and footwear company VF Corp revealed that the December data breach impacted 35.5 VF immediately began taking measures to remediate the attack and launched an investigation into the security breach. ” reads a Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on January 18, 2024.

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Data breaches Passwords Retail Insurance 123

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 21, 2022

CyberNews researchers reported that Ecco, a global shoe manufacturer and retailer, exposed millions of documents. Ecco, a global shoe manufacturer and retailer, exposed millions of documents. Our research team discovered an exposed instance hosting a trove of data for Ecco. Original post @ [link]. What happened?

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Retail Manufacturing Sales Phishing 100

IT Governance

MARCH 11, 2024

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. Data breached: 36 million records. Data breached: 6,935,412 individuals’ data. Data breached: 6.9 Only 3 definitely haven’t had data breached.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 21, 2024

Cybersecurity laws and regulations encompass a range of legal requirements designed to protect information systems and data from cyber threats. These laws aim to establish standards for securing data, ensuring privacy, and mitigating risks associated with digital information.

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Cybersecurity Computer and Electronics Compliance Privacy 120

Hunton Privacy

AUGUST 11, 2020

On August 5, 2020, the French Data Protection Authority (the “CNIL”) announced that it has levied a fine of €250,000 on French online shoe retailer, Spartoo, for various infringements of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”).

Retail 114

Retail GDPR IT Personal data 114

Security Affairs

AUGUST 16, 2024

The 27-year-old Russian national Georgy Kavzharadze (also known as “George,” “TeRorPP,” “Torqovec,” and “PlutuSS”) has been sentenced to over three years in prison for selling financial information, login credentials, and other personal data on the dark web marketplace, Slilpp.

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Sales Retail Personal data Passwords 110

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Resecurity researchers dumped Gigabytes of data from Agent Tesla C2Cs, one of the most well-known cyberespionage tools suffers a data leakage. The data extraction was made possible through a collaboration with Resecurity, law enforcement and several ISPs in the European Union, Middle East and North America. Pierluigi Paganini.

Financial Services 141

Financial Services Retail Education Information Security 141

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. What Data Was Exposed? SecurityAffairs – hacking, data breach).

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Data breaches Retail Privacy Sales 108

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

The Cactus ransomware gang claims the theft of 1.5TB of data from the Energy management and industrial automation firm Schneider Electric. The Cactus ransomware group claims responsibility for pilfering 1.5TB of data from the Energy management and industrial automation giant Schneider Electric.

Ransomware 112

Ransomware Digital transformation Encryption Retail 112

Security Affairs

JUNE 27, 2024

Last week, the LockBit gang announced that it had breached the systems of the Federal Reserve of the United States and exfiltrated 33 TB of sensitive data, including “Americans’ banking secrets.” The group hasn’t published any sample of the stolen data. ” reads the notice of Cybersecurity Incident.

Retail 98

Retail Ransomware Cybersecurity Compliance 98

Schneier on Security

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Government officials in the country of just over 600,000 people said certain government services remained temporarily disabled for security reasons and that the data of citizens and businesses were not endangered. Polovic said some retail tax collection was affected.

Retail 112

Retail Government Ransomware Information Security 112

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.

Data breaches 92

Data breaches e-Delivery Passwords Retail 92

Security Affairs

APRIL 6, 2020

vpnMentor researchers discovered that the popular digital wallet application Key Ring exposed data belonging to millions of users in a huge data leak. The digital wallet application Key Ring recently exposed information from its 14 million users. ” reads the post published by vpnMentor. ” continues the report.

Retail 106

Retail Encryption Insurance Passwords 106

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. Pierluigi Paganini.

Data breaches 120

Data breaches Retail Access Communications 120

The Last Watchdog

MAY 3, 2021

All of the technical innovation cybersecurity vendors are churning out to deal with ever-expanding cyber risks, at the end of the day, come down to protecting encrypted data. I had the chance to learn more about ABE from Brent Waters, a distinguished scientist in the Cryptography & Information Security (CIS) Lab at NTT Research.

Encryption 200

Encryption Retail Digital transformation Cloud 200

IT Governance

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Data controllers and data processors are an integral part of the GDPR. The terms ‘data controller’ and ‘data processor’ have been around for years, but it’s only since the EU GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) took effect that they’ve been scrutinised. Responsibilities of the data controller.

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GDPR Retail Data collection Personal data 99

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 20, 2021

The incident was disclosed after threat actors have advertised the sale of more than 60 GB of data on an underground cybercrime forum. The threat actors now claim to have breached the servers of Acer Taiwan on October 15th and have stolen internal data, including employee and product information. Pierluigi Paganini.

Data breaches 105

Data breaches Sales Retail Ransomware 105

Security Affairs

JANUARY 19, 2024

The most targeted country in the world: the USA Ransomlooker data shows that the most targeted countries over the past four years are the same top five countries: the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Germany, and France. This group primarily focused its attacks on the construction, manufacturing/industrial, and retail industries.

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