Google is the Monopoly Gatekeeper to the Internet, says DoJ
The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) filed a civil antitrust lawsuit against Google for unlawfully maintaining monopolies via anticompetitive practices in the search and...
Biggest ICO Fine! British Airways Fined £20 Mn over 2018 Data Breach
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) in the U.K. fined British Airways (BA) £20 million (approximately US$26 million) for failing to protect its customers’ sensitive...
These are the Two Key Reasons Behind 65% of GDPR Fines
New analysis from data discovery firm Exonar revealed that organizations across Europe have suffered over £313 million (US$404 million) in GDPR fines for failing...
DFS Calls for Cybersecurity Protection of Social Media Platforms After Twitter Hack
The New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) released a notification calling for a new cybersecurity regulatory framework for social media companies following...
Second Largest GDPR Fine! H&M Fined €35.2 Mn for Violating Employees’ Data
Popular fashion retailer Hennes & Mauritz Online Shop A.B. & Co KG (H&M) was fined €35.2 (US$41.1 million) by the Hamburg Commissioner for Data...
Paying Ransom is Now Illegal! U.S. Dept of Treasury Warns
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced that paying ransom to cybercriminals is now illegal. In an official...
