VISTA InfoSec

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

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

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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

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. The company introduced new measures for privacy in response, letting users hide their phone number from everyone. Data breaches have not slowed during the pandemic.

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VISTA InfoSec

JULY 19, 2024

Trusted platform module (TPM): A Trusted Platform Module (TPM) is a microcontroller chip that’s embedded in a computer to improve its security and privacy. They’re responsible for detecting if someone physically tries to tamper with your device but are also trained to respond by wiping data or disabling the device.

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VISTA InfoSec

JUNE 3, 2024

This rule, which started on May 25, 2018, gives customers more control over their data and makes data collection and use more transparent. A big part of the GDPR is protecting people’s privacy and data from unauthorized access. To do this, companies need a strong password policy.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 27, 2017

As if Yahoo didn’t have enough on its plate, the tech company is now facing a probe from the Securities and Exchange Commission as to whether or not it could have acted more promptly in response to two massive data breaches that left over a billion customers’ information compromised. 2013 had compromised even more user data.

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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

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. Keller is also co-lead counsel in the recent Equifax data breach class action. consumers and 110 million business contacts.

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PYMNTS

JULY 30, 2019

The Capital One data breach that affected millions and spawned an investigation by the New York attorney general as well as a class-action lawsuit, has a new set of detractors: U.S. Corporations will only take Americans’ privacy seriously when CEOs are held personally accountable.”. The Hill is reporting that Sen.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

MENA nations’ original rules involved data privacy, but they were focused on developing the open banking ecosystem and allowing information to move freely. The pandemic is dramatically altering how merchants can transact, which data they can store and where they can store it, however. The Data Privacy Twist .

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Segpay

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Privacy-Friendly Cryptographic Security in Compliance with the Law Resistance to traditional ID-based age verification is growing. While user ID-based methods remain effective and compliant, they are often seen as invasive and raise privacy concerns. These solutions aim to balance security, user-friendliness, and privacy protection.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

And except when you’re the first retailer to get rung up under the new California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). 1, the first-class action lawsuit alleging data breaches under the CCPA was filed on Feb 5. The CCPA is similar to the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation ( GDPR ), which took effect in 2018.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 5, 2018

Facebook-owned Instagram reportedly is testing a new privacy setting that could lead to more targeted ads directed at consumers. The new privacy setting would enable Instagram to share users’ location history with Facebook. Facebook, meanwhile, is dealing with more questions and concerns about security and data. It faces a $1.63

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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

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

27) for the data breach in 2016 that impacted millions of users. Meanwhile, the Dutch Data Protection Authority (DPA) fined Uber $678,780. The fines stem from a data breach in 2016 in which the names, mobile phone numbers and email addresses of 57 million users around the globe were compromised. Of those, 2.7

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 2, 2018

In that case, the now defunct political consulting company accessed data on more than 85 million Facebook users without their consent. Pichai has also been viewed hostility by lawmakers in the wake of data breaches, misinformation campaigns and concerns about working with China.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 17, 2016

American Express has disclosed a data breach that occurred more than two years ago and is actively encouraging customers to monitor their accounts for fraudulent activity. The scope of the December 2013 breach remains undisclosed at this time. ” The third-party provider remains unnamed at this time.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Equifax CEO Mark Begor revealed that he has been the victim of identity theft three times in the past 10 years during a privacy hearing on Tuesday (February 26). In 2017, Equifax suffered a massive data breach that exposed the personal data of 143 million consumers in the U.S., Begor made the confession after U.S.

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VISTA InfoSec

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Trusted platform module (TPM): A Trusted Platform Module (TPM) is a microcontroller chip that’s embedded in a computer to improve its security and privacy. They’re responsible for detecting if someone physically tries to tamper with your device but are also trained to respond by wiping data or disabling the device.

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Segpay

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Whether we are setting up a new bank account, making a purchase online, or accessing government services, confirming who we are in the virtual space is crucial to ensuring our security, the protection of our privacy, and the improvement of our user experience. Regulatory compliance is crucial in ensuring data privacy.

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PYMNTS

JULY 24, 2020

In a post on its website, Instacart said its investigation concluded the San Francisco-based company was not compromised. It appears that third-party bad actors were able to use usernames and passwords that were compromised in previous data breaches of other websites and apps to login to some Instacart accounts,” Instacart wrote. “In

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

The Radisson Hotel Group suffered a data breach that impacted its loyalty and rewards program customers, reported ZDNet. Radisson Rewards takes this incident very seriously and is conducting an ongoing extensive investigation into the incident to help prevent data privacy incidents from happening again in the future.”.

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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

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

And except when you’re the first retailer to get rung up under the new California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). 1, the first-class action lawsuit alleging data breaches under the CCPA was filed on Feb 5. The CCPA is similar to the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation ( GDPR ), which took effect in 2018.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Approximately 34 percent said that they felt biometrics offered improved security over passwords, a fact that is backed up by the 2019 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report, which found that 80 percent of data breaches can be traced to compromised or weak passwords.

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Segpay

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

However, pressing concerns about privacy and fraud by cybercriminal networks must be addressed. However, this also brings up critical concerns about privacy, which we will explore later. This multi-modal approach ensures that even if one fingerprint is compromised, the system is still secure.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 11, 2016

has become the latest federal system impacted by a major data breach. In an internal FDIC document obtained by The Washington Post , it was revealed that the data of 44,000 FDIC customers was breached by an employee who left the agency in February. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 28, 2016

The company’s website claims it has 156 million global customers and it has issued a warning about the recent discovery of some account data on the black market, suggesting that all its customers change their passwords. It was reported that the login credentials of more than 32 million Twitter users were compromised.

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Fintech News

JANUARY 17, 2024

Adapting authentication in the era of data breaches In an environment rife with data breaches and privacy concerns, traditional authentication methods like SMS-based two-factor authentication (2FA) and knowledge-based authentication (KBA) are losing effectiveness.

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PYMNTS

MAY 13, 2016

Following a slew of recent data breaches, the U.S main banking regulator is in the hot seat about how notifications following the breaches were handled. All together, this led to the personal data of more than 160,000 people being impacted, according to a Reuters report on the meeting.

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PYMNTS

JULY 10, 2019

Privacy is the new currency in a time when browsing the internet can be a lot like walking through a crime-ridden neighborhood. Besides identity theft, malware and viruses, there are phishing scams, data breaches and other unknown issues that can compromise computers and daily life.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 29, 2019

In its 2019 Data Privacy Benchmark Study, published last week, Cisco found that the combination of security best practices and investment in cybersecurity technology correlates to a lessened impact from data breaches. But for companies that are GDPR-ready, sales delays were significantly shorter — 3.4

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PYMNTS

JULY 31, 2018

mobile phone and electronics retailer, disclosed on Tuesday (July 31) an update on a data breach in which it found unauthorized access in the past to some of its data. The company noted there is evidence that data was taken off its servers, but that those records didn’t contain payment card or bank account details.

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PYMNTS

JULY 9, 2018

Timehop , the mobile app that gathers photos from social media, disclosed on Monday (July 9) that it was the subject of a data breach. In a blog post, the company said that on July 4 it experienced a network intrusion that led to a breach of some of its customers’ data.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 7, 2017

But these agreements also tend to inflame the debate over data privacy. “One of the main considerations when entering an agreement like this is the security element,” Christiansen told PYMNTS, adding that API technology enables a secure and reliable method of data exchange.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 21, 2018

When it comes to the bond between consumer and financial services, no doubt the relationship is a bit, well, frayed in the age of data breaches and the Dark Web. Beyond the static number, said Pointner, a trend is afoot, one where large institutions are hacked, time and again, and where the data leaks out.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

is a particular target for data breaches that involve compromised employee account data. Attacks of this kind are so widespread that it has made privacy cheap, where data from stolen credit cards can be sold for $5. According to a report , research suggests the U.K.

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