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$3.6M Retina Group of Washington data breach class action settlement
Top Class Actions reports: Retina Group of Washington (RGW) has agreed to a $3.6 million class action lawsuit settlement to resolve claims that it failed to prevent a 2023 data breach. The Retina Group of Washington settlement benefits anyone whose personal information was potentially accessible in the company’s data breach on March 26, 2023. The […]
Major U.S. banks pause data sharing with the OCC after a cyberattack exposed sensitive information
Fast Company reports: Several of the largest U.S. banks are reportedly pausing or reassessing how they send sensitive information to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) following a major cyberattack on the regulator. JPMorgan Chase and Bank of New York Mellon have halted electronic information-sharing with the OCC, Bloomberg reported. Bank of America […]
4chan Reportedly Hacked: Widespread Outage and Major Data Breach Raise Questions About Future of Controversial Forum
TechStory reports: The notorious internet forum 4chan—long known as a breeding ground for viral memes, fringe political communities, and online chaos—has gone dark after what appears to be a massive and deeply compromising hack. As of early Tuesday, users across the world were reporting serious outages, struggling to load the site, let alone access any […]
A whistleblower’s disclosure details how DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data
NPR reports: In the first days of March, a team of advisers from President Trump’s new Department of Government Efficiency initiative arrived at the Southeast Washington, D.C., headquarters of the National Labor Relations Board. … according to an official whistleblower disclosure shared with Congress and other federal overseers that was obtained by NPR, subsequent interviews […]
China Accuses U.S. Spy Agency of Winter Games Cyberattacks
The Wall Street Journal reports: Chinese police issued wanted notices for three people they said engaged in cyberattacks against China on behalf of the U.S. National Security Agency, a rare step by Beijing as hostilities between the superpowers escalate. The accusations that the NSA targeted the Asian Winter Games held in the northeastern Chinese city of Harbin […]
Queensland’s IPOLA Guidelines – New Mandatory Notification Data Breach Scheme
Ashurst reports: On 4 December 2023, the Queensland Parliament gave assent to the Information Privacy and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2023 (Qld) (Act), with privacy reforms to the Information Privacy Act 2009 (Qld) (IP Act) to commence 1 July 2025. You can read more about that here. In Queensland it has not been compulsory for agencies to notify the Office […]
Justice Department Implements Critical National Security Program to Protect Americans’ Sensitive Data from Foreign Adversaries
Department Answers Frequently Asked Questions, Provides Guidance, and Issues Limited Enforcement Policy for First 90 Days Today, the Justice Department took significant steps to move forward with implementing a critical program to prevent China, Russia, Iran, and other foreign adversaries from using commercial activities to access and exploit U.S. government-related data and Americans’ sensitive personal […]
BakerHostetler launches 2025 Data Security Incident Response Report
BakerHostetler has released its 2025 Data Security Incident Response Report, which provides insight and analysis from more than 1,250 data security incidents managed by the firm this past year. Their report features a deep dive into critical components of security incidents (e.g., response timeline, average ransom payment amount, frequency of litigation) as well as an examination of […]