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Welcome to our August 2023 review of cyber attacks and data breaches, where we review the most newsworthy security incidents across Europe. This month’s blog features a huge data breach at the French unemployment agency Pôle emploi, another at the …
They don’t make the headlines as often as they used to, but fines for GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) violations continue to roll in. There were 22 such penalties in July 2022, according to the GDPR Enforcement Tracker, bringing the …
Welcome to our July 2023 review of cyber attacks and data breaches, where we review the biggest security incidents across Europe. This month’s list includes a security breach linked to Swiss Review, plus the latest in a series of attacks …
The tech giant Criteo has received a €40 million fine after it was found to have breached data protection rules on targeted advertising. Criteo, which claims to have captured the identity and interest data of 72% of all Internet users, came under …
Welcome to our June 2023 review of cyber attacks and data breaches, where we review the biggest security incidents across Europe. That includes a pair of data breaches in Ireland in which employees leaked sensitive information, and a ransomware attack …
Google recently released 8 new top-level domains – the bits at the end of a website address such as .com, .org, .ca, and so on – and cyber security researchers are not happy. That’s because two of the top-level domains …
Welcome to our May 2023 review of cyber attacks and data breaches, where we review the biggest security incidents across Europe. The biggest story of the month was the mammoth €1.2 billion fine given to Facebook’s parent company, Meta, for …
The European Union’s top court has handed down a ruling that clarifies the rules surrounding compensation for GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) breaches. Case C-300/21 concerns non-material damages related to data breaches. This refers to things such as distress, reputational …
Tourists across Europe have reported in recent weeks that they are being targeted by scams imitating Booking.com. The bogus emails claim that recipients can receive a 20% discount at any hotel in the world. All they have to do is …
Welcome to our April 2023 review of cyber attacks and data breaches, where we review the biggest security incidents across Europe. Research from our sister site found 120 publicly disclosed security incidents during the month, which resulted in 4.3 million breached …
