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$220 Million Fine Issued to Meta Under Nigeria’s New Data Protection Laws

July 26, 2024

Meta is facing a $220 million fine in Nigeria under data protection laws passed in 2023, the first major fine for the company in the region. The fine follows an extensive investigation that lasted 38 months, dating back to well before the current Data Protection Act was signed into law.

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Cyber Security News

Cryptocurrency Exchange WazirX Loses $230 Million via a Multisig Wallet Security Breach

July 25, 2024

Indian cryptocurrency exchange platform WazirX has suffered a security breach that allowed the suspected North Korean Lazarus group to steal $230 million worth of crypto assets.

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Data Protection News

Oracle Agrees to $115 Million Settlement in Consumer Privacy Lawsuit

July 25, 2024

The consumer privacy lawsuit alleged that Oracle made $42.5 billion annually by surreptitiously creating "dossiers" on millions of people that it sold off to both private and government parties.

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Cyber Security News

Life360 Database Leak from Unsecured Login API Impacts over 440,000 Customers

July 24, 2024

A threat actor is selling the personal information of over 440,000 Life360 customers stemming from a database leak from an unsecured login API endpoint.

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Data Protection News

Meta’s Generative AI Tools Paused in Brazil Due to Data Protection Restrictions on Training Data

July 24, 2024

Meta has suspended its generative AI tools in Brazil indefinitely as it seeks talks with ANPD about the issue. ANPD has said that Meta must change its privacy policy to exclude a section related to the processing of personal data for generative AI training.

Woman holding medicine bottle showing data breach

Cyber Security News

MediSecure Data Breach Update Confirms 12.9 Million Records Stolen; Identification of Affected Individuals Difficult

July 23, 2024

An April data breach of prescription provider MediSecure has been confirmed to have exposed about 12.9 million records, making it one of the largest in Australian history.

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Cyber Security News

Huione Guarantee Transforms into an $11 Billion Cybercrime Marketplace

July 22, 2024

Huione Guarantee has transformed into a multi-billion cybercrime marketplace for online scammers, enabling various cyber scam operations, such as pig butchering scams and money laundering services.

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Cyber Security News

Google’s Dark Web Monitoring Tool is Becoming Free for Everyone; Here’s How to Benefit

July 19, 2024

Google's dark web monitoring tool, which allows users to track personal data involved in data breaches, is becoming free for everybody and will be integrated into the Google app.

Disney store window showing data leak of Slack messaging

Cyber Security News

Hacktivists Claim Disney Data Leak Was Protest Against AI Art; One Terabyte of Internal Slack Messaging Chats Stolen and Leaked

July 19, 2024

Massive leak of Disney's internal Slack messaging conversations appears to be the work of hacktivists looking to shine a light on the use of AI art to replace creative workers. The hackers, who go by the name "NullBulge," have yet to request any ransom and immediately began dumping portions of the data leak to publicly available channels.

Soccer stadium with crowd showing fraud campaign selling fake Olympics tickets

Cyber Security News

Fraud Campaign Is Selling Fake Olympics Tickets to Russians on 708 Websites

July 19, 2024

A massive fraud campaign dubbed Ticket Heist is selling fake Olympics tickets for the 2024 Paris Summer Games at inflated prices on over 700 sophisticated websites.

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$220 Million Fine Issued to Meta Under Nigeria’s New Data Protection Laws

Cryptocurrency Exchange WazirX Loses $230 Million via a Multisig Wallet Security Breach

Oracle Agrees to $115 Million Settlement in Consumer Privacy Lawsuit

Life360 Database Leak from Unsecured Login API Impacts over 440,000 Customers

Meta’s Generative AI Tools Paused in Brazil Due to Data Protection Restrictions on Training Data

MediSecure Data Breach Update Confirms 12.9 Million Records Stolen; Identification of Affected Individuals Difficult

Huione Guarantee Transforms into an $11 Billion Cybercrime Marketplace

Google’s Dark Web Monitoring Tool is Becoming Free for Everyone; Here’s How to Benefit

Hacktivists Claim Disney Data Leak Was Protest Against AI Art; One Terabyte of Internal Slack Messaging Chats Stolen and Leaked

Fraud Campaign Is Selling Fake Olympics Tickets to Russians on 708 Websites

Meta AI Model Joins Hacking Party With Exploit of Third Party Security Vulnerability

AI Agents Turn to Hacking and Deception in AISI Security Tests

Self-Propagating Malware ChainDrop Hits Over 400 NPM Packages in Massive Supply Chain Attack

Russian Hackers Exploit Hotel Wi-Fi Networks to Compromise Microsoft 365 Accounts