Tag: data breach
Average data breach cost has jumped by almost $600,000 Since 2020
Despite considerable investments in security technology, data breaches continue affecting companies across the globe and causing them more financial damage than ever. According to data presented by AltIndex.com, the average data breach cost has jumped by nearly $600,000 in the past three years and hit an all-time high of $4.45 million in 2023. The United States…
Data breaches declined globally at beginning of 2023, claims study
The latest study by cybersecurity company Surfshark shows that a total of 41.6M accounts were breached in Q1 2023, with Russia ranking first and amounting to a sixth of all breaches (6.6 million) from January through March. The United States takes second place (5 million) followed by Taiwan (3.9 million), France (3.2 million), and Spain…
Nearly half of firms had data breach in last 12 months
Data breaches continue to dominate headlines around the world. Recent findings analyzed by Atlas VPN reveal that as many as 45% of businesses had a data breach in the last 12 months. The data is based on a survey conducted by Kaspersky and B2B International on September 30, 2020. Researchers interviewed 4,179 businesses globally, with 50 and…
ICO fines Marriott £18.4million for data breach
The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has fined Marriott International Inc £18.4million for failing to keep millions of customers’ personal data secure. Marriott estimates that 339 million guest records worldwide were affected following a cyber-attack in 2014 on Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide Inc. The attack, from an unknown source, remained undetected until September 2018, by…
Hotel firm Marriott fined £99 million for customer data breach
Hotel chain Marriott is facing a fine of £99 million over a data breach which is estimated to have affected around 339 million customers. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) fine relates to a data breach at the company believed to have originated in the systems of the Starwood hotels group in 2014. Marriott acquired Starwood…
Quora reveals data breach affecting up to 100 million users
About 100 million users of question-and-answer website Quora may have had their personal information compromised following a data breach, the company said. The affected data includes account details such as names, email addresses and encrypted passwords, as well as any data imported from linked networks when authorised by the user. Quora said it discovered on…
O2 fix number leak problem, aplogise for "concern we have caused"
O2 have apologised for and fixed a problem with their network that was giving away their users' mobile phone numbers every time they accessed a website from their handsets. Spotted this morning, the security issue meant that any website owner…
O2 network giving customers' mobile phone numbers to websites they visit
O2 could be about to face a serious customer backlash, after it was revealed today that the network was revealing users mobile phone numbers to websites they visit on their handsets. Twitter user @lewispeckover spotted the problem, and put together…
