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Facebook Settles Photo-Tagging Class-action Lawsuit for $650 Mn

In one of the largest data violation lawsuit settlements, Facebook has agreed to pay $650 million to users in Illinois who indicted the social media...

Singtel Data Breach: 129,000 Customers including Former Employees Affected

The Accellion hack might have gotten overshadowed by the amount of disruption caused by the SolarWinds hack, but it surely is not lagging by...

How Yandex Was Impacted by an Inside Job

Yandex, a popular internet company in Europe and search platform in Russia, disclosed an insider attack that affected thousands of its employees’ email systems....

Good Governance and Controls for Ensuring Data Privacy

There has been a misconception about privacy that confuses many people. People tend to share seemingly related or unrelated personal information online, such as...

Woodland Trust Hit by High-Level Cyberattack

Woodland Trust, a charitable trust organization that protects and restores woodland in England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Wales, was hit by a sophisticated, high-level...

Airtel Data Leak: Close to 2.5 Mn Indian Users Likely Affected

India has been tiptoeing on finalizing its Personal Data Protection (PDP) Bill for a long time now. A month ago, it made 89 amendments...