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Data Breach Exposes 1.6 Million Washington Unemployment Claims Washington’s State Auditor office has suffered a data breach that exposed the personal information in 1.6 million employment claims. The Office of the Washington State Auditor (“SAO”) states that they suffered a data breach after a threat actor exploited a vulnerability in a secure file transfer service
USCellular Hit By A Data Breach After Hackers Access CRM Software Mobile network operator USCellular suffered a data breach after hackers gained access to its CRM and viewed customers’ accounts. In a data breach notification filed with the Vermont attorney general’s office, USCellular states that retail store’s employees were scammed into downloading software onto a
Online Gaming Platform VIP Games Exposes 23 Million Data Records On Misconfigured Server More than 23 million records were left exposed on a misconfigured server by free gaming platform VIPGames.com. Researchers from WizCase found the personal data of 66,000 users – equating to 23 million datasets – exposed on an Elasticsearch server, a blog post reads. “Our cybersecurity
Grindr Fined $10m For ‘Grave’ GDPR Violations By Norwegian Privacy Watchdog UPDATED Grindr, the popular LGBT dating app, has been fined €10 million ($12 million) for GDPR violations by Norway’s data privacy regulator because sensitive user data was apparently shared with third parties without valid consent. The preliminary ruling issued by the Norwegian Data Protection Authority (Datatilsynet) centers