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T-Mobile settles FCC charges over four data breaches
The Federal Communications Commission announced a major settlement today: WASHINGTON, September 30, 2024—The Federal Communications Commission today announced a groundbreaking data protection and cybersecurity settlement with T-Mobile to resolve the Enforcement Bureau’s investigations into significant data breaches that impacted millions of U.S. consumers. To settle the investigations, T-Mobile has agreed to important forward-looking commitments to address foundational […]
Meta fined $101.5M for 2019 breach that exposed hundreds of millions of Facebook passwords
TechCrunch reports: Reset your clocks: Meta has been hit with yet another privacy penalty in Europe. On Friday, Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) announced a reprimand and a €91 million fine — around $101.5 million at current exchange rates — after concluding a multiyear investigation into a 2019 security breach by Facebook’s parent company. […] After investigating, […]
HHS Office for Civil Rights Settles Ransomware Cybersecurity Investigation for $250,000
A press release from HHS OCR on September 26:
Thousands of Congressional Staffers Had Their Information Stolen or Leaked on the Internet
Newsweek reports login credentials or information on more than 3,000 Congressional staffers has been leaked on the dark web as a result of various leaks or breaches. Internet security firm Proton found over 1,800 passwords used by staffers in Congress available on the dark web, through an investigation of exposed accounts among U.S. political staffers, according to The Washington […]
Arkansas City water plant hit by cyberattack
KWCH in Kansas reports what sounds like a ransomware attack: The City of Arkansas City maintains that drinking water is safe in the city after a cyberattack on Sunday. Shana Adkisson, communications director with the City of Arkansas City, said around 5:30 a.m. on Sunday, an employee at the water treatment facility noticed that a […]
MoneyGram confirms its outage is due a cyberattack
Days after customers started complaining about outages, MoneyGram has confirmed that it was the victim of a cyberattack. Bleeping Computer reports: “MoneyGram recently identified a cybersecurity issue affecting certain of our systems,” reads the announcement. “Upon detection, we immediately launched an investigation and took protective steps to address it, including proactively taking systems offline, which […]
New Data Breach Notification Obligations for PA – and a New Reporting Portal
New data breach reporting and mitigation requirements go into effect in Pennsylvania on September 26, and there is a new portal for reporting breaches to the state. Lawyers at SheppardMullin provide a timely reminder: Pennsylvania AG Michelle Henry announced yesterday the launch of an online portal for businesses to report data breaches to the AG’s office. The […]
AT&T to pay $13 million to settle FCC probe over cloud data breach
CBS News reports: AT&T has agreed to pay $13 million to settle a federal investigation into whether the mobile phone service provider failed to protect customer information in connection with a data breach last year, the Federal Communications Commission said Tuesday. The FCC’s probe focused on how AT&T’s privacy, cybersecurity and vendor management practices […]