Increased apprehension has gripped South Korea following a significant data leak at e-commerce giant, Coupang. Officials have indicated that this breach could have been overlooked for an extended period. Scale of Data Leakage Coupang, a United States-listed…
In an alarming development, Australian airline Qantas has confirmed a significant data breach that has jeopardized the personal information of up to six million customers. This breach came to light following a cyberattack on a third-party customer service…
McDonald’s Korea was given a fine of 696 million won ($532,110) on Wednesday after the personal data of 4.87 million customers was leaked to hackers due to the firm’s lax data management. The Personal Information Protection Commission handed out the fine to…
Last year, Facebook received a penalty of $5 billion by the American Federal Trade Commission for sharing personal information via a survey product called “This Is Your Digital Life”, which disclosed users’ Facebook data to a political consultant Cambridge…
A Forever 21 data breach uncovered last November has prompted the fashion retailer to boost security at its checkout counters. In the security scare, hackers installed malware on point-of-sale machines at store checkouts in the US. A two-month long…
The Philippines’ 55 million voters are now susceptible to fraud and other risks after a massive data breach leaked the entire database of the Commission on Elections (Comelec), security firm Trend Micro has warned. The defacement of the Comelec website by a…