PYMNTS

DECEMBER 20, 2019

Gas station and convenience store chain Wawa said it discovered a data breach in which thousands of customers’ debit and credit card information was stolen, according to a report by CNBC. Wawa said its team stopped the breach on Dec. Wawa said its team stopped the breach on Dec.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 27, 2019

Multiple lawsuits seeking class action status have been filed in Philadelphia over a data breach at Wawa convenience stores, which affected 850 locations along the East Coast of the U.S., Wawa recently came forward with information that it found malware on its payment processing servers, and that it stopped the breach on Dec.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

Home improvement startup Houzz revealed that it suffered a data breach. The company said in a FAQ on its website that the breach was discovered in late December 2018, and that “a file containing some of our user data was obtained by an unauthorized third party.”.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 15, 2019

A massive data breach has compromised the records of 198 million car buyers. Jeremiah Fowler, a senior security researcher at Security Discovery , discovered the breach after coming across the same 413GB dataset multiple times. “It While Fowler notified DealerLeads via email about the breach on Aug.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 16, 2019

The suit claims that [24]7 waited over five months to tell the airline about the breach instead of immediately informing it. According to the news outlet, hackers changed the source code of the chatbot via compromised credentials. They then monitored the website activity of the carrier and took data entered by visitors.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 23, 2020

Twitter has issued an apology to its business clients acknowledging that personal information may have been compromised, the BBC reported. The tech company said there’s no evidence billing information was compromised. This is not the first time Twitter has been exposed to a data breach. We’re very sorry this happened.

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PYMNTS

JULY 12, 2020

Delivery startup Dunzo , India’s food and grocery delivery service backed Google , has suffered a data breach, The News Minute reported. The company’s databases were compromised including users’ contact details and email addresses. Dunzo has launched an internal investigation, the online news service reported.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 21, 2019

As lawmakers ponder this risk, PYMNTS highlights some of the newest data points uncovered by researchers examining small business cybersecurity. 149,000: the average cost of a data breach for a small-to-medium sized business , according to AppRiver.

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Bank Automation

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Fraudsters continue to do damage in the finance industry, evidenced by recent attacks against Fidelity National Financial and Mr. Cooper, and financial institutions must strengthen their systems to avoid hacks and respond to breaches. In 2023, the average cost of a data breach in the financial industry was $5.9

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PYMNTS

JUNE 25, 2019

Facebook is still legally on the hook for a September data breach that affected 30 million of their customers. Facebook had moved to have the case dismissed — but a federal appeals judge has shot down that argument, saying the case against Facebook for negligence and for failing to secure users’ data will proceed.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 1, 2019

Buca di Beppo , the Italian restaurant chain, reportedly knew about a data breach that resulted in two million credit card and debit numbers being stolen since Feb. Earl Enterprises wouldn’t say how many customers were affected by the data breach, noted the report. 21 — but waited until the end of March to reveal it.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 18, 2019

The largest public data breach ever has been discovered, according to Gizmodo. The breach is just one data batch of at least six more, collected by someone trying to sell the stolen info, which amounts to almost 1 terabyte of stolen information. In his blog , Hunt talked about how he discovered the breach.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 24, 2020

Messaging app Telegram said a data breach has exposed a database containing the personal information of millions of users, according to a Cointelgraph report. Data breaches have not slowed during the pandemic. The company introduced new measures for privacy in response, letting users hide their phone number from everyone.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 31, 2018

So far this year (and there’s still one more day), Verizon reported that there have been 2,216 confirmed data breaches across 65 countries. Even more disturbing, perhaps, is that 68 percent of those breaches took months for the breached companies to discover. According to early reports, the data breach impacted 0.5

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 15, 2016

14) that a new cybersecurity breach incident has affected over a billion of its users and their private data. Reportedly, an unauthorized third party stole data associated with the more than 1 billion Yahoo user accounts back in 2013. This billion-user figure means this newest hack is the largest data breach in the digital era.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

Newegg, the electronics retailer, was reportedly the victim of a data breach that lasted a month. The hackers sent credit card data to a service controlled by them, noted the report. The breach of Newegg shows the true extent of Magecart operators’ reach,” said Klijnsma in the report. 14 through Sept.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 29, 2018

The first class action lawsuit against Exactis has been filed in response to the company’s massive data breach that exposed the private information of more than 200 million U.S. Security researcher Vinny Troia discovered the breach earlier this month. consumers and 110 million business contacts.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 6, 2018

After its point of sale (POS) systems were reportedly affected by malware designed to capture credit card information, RMH Franchise Holdings is warning that its Applebee’s restaurants in 15 states suffered a data breach. RMH became aware of the breach on Feb. None appear to have occurred after Jan.

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The Paypers

OCTOBER 9, 2018

(The Paypers) 945 data breaches led to 4.5 billion data records being compromised worldwide in the first half of 2018, according to the Breach Level Index from Gemalto.

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The Paypers

MARCH 6, 2018

(The Paypers) Nippon Ichi Software, a Japanese gaming developer, has revealed its American arm, NIS America , has suffered a data breach compromising financial data of online customers.

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PYMNTS

JULY 9, 2018

After Macy’s cyber tools detected suspicious logins on June 11, the retailer is warning customers about a data breach. While Macy’s blocked the profiles that it believes to have been compromised, the retailer is asking customers to “remain vigilant.” The website Orbitz.com was not impacted.

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VISTA InfoSec

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Data breaches, cyberattacks and misuse of personal information are severe threats challenging the privacy of customer’s data, they can not only damage a company’s reputation but can also lead to heavy fines if compromised. To overcome these challenges, data protection laws are established.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 5, 2017

The public may learn of data breaches much more promptly if three senators get their way on a proposed Senate bill, the Data Security and Breach Notification Act, which was introduced on Thursday, Nov. To be fair, Yahoo did ‘fess up about the breach earlier, but only by a year. customers’ data at risk.

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PYMNTS

JULY 11, 2018

Another retailer has been hit with a data breach. The data breach impacted one-half of one-percent of customers who were registered on Macys.com or Bloomingdales.com, spokeswoman Blair Rosenberg said Tuesday (July 10), according to Bloomberg. “We Macy’s is just the latest retailer to be hit with a data breach.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2018

Facebook could get hit with a massive EU fine by a European Union privacy watchdog after the company announced on Friday (Sept 28) it had suffered a Facebook data breach that compromised the accounts of more than 50 million users. billion if regulators find the company violated the bloc’s strict new data privacy law.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 29, 2018

Air Canada, the Canadian airline operator, confirmed to TechCrunch on Wednesday (August 29) that its mobile app suffered a data breach. According to news from the site, Air Canada said the data breach of its mobile app affected approximately 20,000 people — or about 1 percent of the 1.7 million people who use the app.

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VISTA InfoSec

JUNE 18, 2024

As cyber threats evolve, safeguarding your organization’s data has become an utmost priority. Whether you’re a small business owner, a corporate leader, or an Information and Communication Technology (ICT) specialist, the consequences of a data breach are severe and far-reaching.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 27, 2016

26) that it was the victim of a data breach that could have impacted 100,000 credit cards. According to a report , Nets thinks the breach was linked to one internet retailer overseas. The report noted Nets is working with Visa and Mastercard to investigate the compromise. It has alerted local banks to replace the cards.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Synchrony Financial said a message was erroneously sent to customers about an Amazon.com card and that a data breach had not occurred, according to a report by Reuters. We have confirmed none of your personal data was compromised,” the financial services company said in an email to customers. On Monday (Nov.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 19, 2017

In what may be South Africa’s largest data breach, hackers may have gotten away with extensive personal information, including ID numbers, income, marital status, employment details and property ownership information. The breach may have impacted 30 million unique records, but that number could increase even more.

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Seon

JUNE 15, 2023

Business email compromise (BEC) attacks can be a major risk to businesses’ finances and reputations. Let’s look at what business email compromise attacks are and explore some of the many ways you can combat them. What Is a Business Email Compromise Attack? Reported losses in 2020 exceeded $4.2

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 24, 2017

According to a report highlighting findings from the Identity Theft Resource Center and CyberScout, data breaches in the U.S. The financial services industry accounted for only 52 of the breaches tracked, or 4.8 For the eighth year in a row, hacking, skimming, and phishing were the main drivers of data breaches, representing 55.5

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

In what may be among the largest data breaches in history, Marriott International said Friday morning (Nov. 30) that as many as 500 million guests’ data was accessed, tied to a breach of the Starwood hotel guest reservation database. “We fell short of what our guests deserve and what we expect of ourselves.

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Payments Source

AUGUST 19, 2016

Eddie Bauer acknowledged that a data breach compromised credit cards used in its 350 stores during the first six and a half months of 2016.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 21, 2017

When a company is hit with a data breach that leads to the leak of consumer information, the event will make headlines. Not so much, however, when a breach results in the compromise of sensitive corporate data, like information on M&A plans or intellectual property.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 29, 2018

Another day, another (possible) data breach: Adidas revealed that it has come under attack from cybercriminals looking to steal personal information. The breach could potentially affect millions of customers, who were notified on Thursday (June 28) about the incident on the Adidas U.S.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 29, 2019

million) by the country’s data-protection agency over a data breach that compromised the personal information of almost every adult in the country. The owner of a cybersecurity company and two of his employees were charged by prosecutors for the breach. The National Revenue Agency (NRA) in Bulgaria was fined 5.1

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