Meta fined (£)91m over password storage

Facebook parent company Meta has been fined €91m (£75m) by the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) following an investigation into the storage of passwords. An inquiry was launched in April 2019 after Meta notified the DPC that it had inadvertently stored certain passwords of social media users on its internal systems without encryption. The DPC […] The post Meta fined (£)91m over password storage appeared first on nationnews.com.

Irish Data Protection Commission fined LinkedIn €310M for GDPR infringement

securityaffairs.co - 26/Oct 06:08

Irish Data Protection Commission fined LinkedIn €310M for violating user privacy by using behavioral data analysis for targeted advertising. Irish...

LinkedIn fined by Irish DPC €310M over GDPR Violation

thecyberthrone.in - 26/Oct 07:23

LinkedIn platform has been ordered to pay €310 million ($334 million) by the European Union’s privacy regulator over targeted advertising...

The Club Penguin Experience – 6,342 breached accounts

itsecuritynews.info - 26/Oct 06:31

In October 2024, The Club Penguin Experience (TCPE) suffered a data breach. The incident exposed over 6k subscribers’ email addresses alongside...

Apple and Goldman Sachs Must Pay Nearly $90 Million Over Apple Card Inquiry

the new york times - 23/Oct 20:20

The penalties and customer refunds stem from an investigation by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau into Apple Card, which Goldman issues.

Swinney rejects calls for inquiry into Sturgeon investigation

bbc - 29/Oct 22:30

Newly published legal advice is creating a row over the independence of an independent inquiry.

American Airlines Fined $50 Million for Treatment of Disabled Passengers Using Wheelchairs

the new york times - 23/Oct 17:41

The Transportation Department issued the fine after an investigation revealed “cases of unsafe physical assistance that at times resulted in...

Ireland fines LinkedIn 310 mn euros over EU data breach

techxplore.com - 24/Oct 20:20

An Irish regulator helping to police European Union data privacy said Thursday it had fined professional networking platform LinkedIn 310 million...

Facebook parent body, Meta fined $15.6m in South Korea for breaching user privacy

technext.ng - 11:20

This is the latest in a long line of data breach infractions by Meta

Solving the painful password problem with better policies

bleepingcomputer.com - 15:01

Weak and reused credentials continue to plague users and organizations. Learn from Specops software about why passwords are so easy to hack and how...

WeChat’s Updated Encryption System Prone to Threats for its Users

itsecuritynews.info - 23/Oct 18:07

More than a billion people send messages over WeChat and as per a new study recently, it discovered some security flaws in terms of the encryption...

Rubriques :