Recent Breaches
British Airways faces £183m fine over passenger data breach
ICO says personal data of 500,000 customers was stolen from website and mobile app British Airways is to be fined more than £183m by the Information Commissioner’s Office after hackers stole the personal data of half a million of the airline’s customers. The ICO said...
UK watchdog plans to fine Marriott £99m
The UK's data privacy regulator has said it plans to fine the US hotel group Marriott International £99.2m. The penalty relates to a data breach that resulted in about 339 million guests having had their personal details exposed. The incident is thought to date back...
Facebook will pay $5 billion fine for Cambridge Analytica data breaches
The Federal Trade Commission revealed the details of its $5 billion settlement with Facebook, saying it added new restrictions to the way the tech giant handles user data in hopes it will “change Facebook’s entire privacy culture.” “The $5 billion penalty against...
HMRC forced to delete five million voice files
The voice records of five million taxpayers are being deleted by the UK's tax authority, as the way they were collected broke privacy rules. HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) failed to gain explicit consent from individuals before signing them up to the voice ID system...
Parenting brand Bounty fined £400k in ‘unprecedented’ data breach
Bounty, the pregnancy and parenting club, has been fined £400,000 for illegally sharing personal information belonging to more than 14 million people. The Information Commissioner’s Office found Bounty had breached the Data Protection Act by sharing 34.4 million...
Payment data stolen from thousands of Vision Direct customers
As many as 6,600 customers of online contact lens shop Vision Direct are at risk of having their personal details, including financial information, stolen in a November data breach. A total of 16,300 people were thought to be at risk of the breach, although 9,700 of...
Half a billion Marriott customers under threat in enormous data breach
As many as 500 million customers of hotel giant Marriott may have had their personal data compromised, and for an undisclosed number that could have include payment card numbers and expiry dates. The hotel chain said that those card numbers were encrypted with...
Quora hack exposes up to 100 million user accounts
Up to 100 million Quora user accounts have been compromised after hackers breached the systems of the question-and-answer website. Quora CEO Adam D'Angelo revealed in a blog post that the company discovered "some user data was compromised as a result of unauthorised...
Massive Bundestag, political parties hack in Germany
Major figures from the German political establishment - minus the far-right Alternative für Deutschland - have been victim to a wide-ranging cyber attack that has affected hundreds of Germany politicians as well as stealing personal data from celebrities and...