The 2025 data breach of Coupang, the South Korean ecommerce giant often referred to as the country's equivalent of Amazon, is going to cost the company a total of about 624 billion won (the equivalent of about $411 million) in fines.
Poor corporate data responsibility hurts consumer trust, preventing users from sharing data because of privacy and safety concerns as organizations stepped up data collection.
Landmark ruling affirms the right of private individuals to sue companies like Google and Facebook if they collect their biometric data without their written consent, even if there was no “harm” to the individuals.
Lapsus$ hackers compromised Microsoft's Azure DevOps Server, exfiltrated and published source code for the company's web infrastructure, websites, and mobile apps.
Lapsus$ hackers repeatedly accessed T-Mobile's internal systems, including Atlas account management system capable of SIM swapping, and downloaded thousands of source code repositories.
Globant SAS confirmed a data breach affecting a "limited" number of customers after Lapsus$ hackers published 70GB of source code allegedly stolen from the company. Screenshots suggested that the leaked customer source code belonged to companies like Apple, Facebook and DHL.
Panda Express, the largest Chinese fast food chain in the US, leaked sensitive personal data during the March 2024 cyber attack that affected the parent company’s corporate systems.
The Japanese port of Nagoya suffered a ransomware attack that impacted the central computer system and disrupted cargo operations, causing temporary congestion. LockBit 3.0 has claimed responsibility.
Thanks to some unsecured public-facing databases, Verifications.io email data breach has set a new record for leaking 2 billion personal records which can be useful for identity theft and scams.
NFT marketplace OpenSea acknowledged a data breach after an employee of a third-party email delivery vendor downloaded email addresses and shared them with an unauthorized party.
