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Marriott International faces $123 million GDPR fine

The UK's Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has imposed a £99,200,396 ($123,705,870) fine on Marriott International, a popular hospitality group, for the data breach reported...

Facebook’s request to quash data breach lawsuit dismissed!

Facebook has failed to block a lawsuit over a data breach that impacted around 30 million users in 2018. A Federal appeals court in...

Ransomware hit Florida city agrees to pay $600,000

Riviera Beach, a city in Florida, has recently decided to pay $600,000 in bitcoin as a ransom to hackers behind a ransomware attack that...

Around 6,200 cyber-attacks reported in Singapore last year: CSA

A recent survey report revealed that a total of 6,179 cybercrime cases were reported in 2018 in Singapore, which is an increase when compared...

Baltimore hackers leak data on Twitter after no ransom was paid

The hackers, who infected about 10,000 of Baltimore city government’s computers last month, have allegedly leaked government documents on Twitter. It’s believed that an...

GDPR: One year down the line

Contributed by Anil Chiplunkar General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is the regulation established by the European Union with the main intention of protecting personal information...