A former headteacher has been fined in court for unlawfully obtaining school children’s personal data from previous schools where he worked, the website of ICO reports.
Personal data from 30 million users of China’s top dating app Momo is reportedly being sold for as little as RMB 200 (around $30), the portal Technode reports.
Silicon Valley semiconductor outfit XTAL has been ordered by a court to fork out $223m in damages for stealing trade secrets from rival ASML, The Register reports.
Quora said that a security breach may have compromised data from about 100 million users. In an email sent to users and a blog post by CEO Adam D’Angelo, the company said a “malicious third party” gained unauthorized access to Quora’s systems. Its internal security teams and a “leading digital forensics and security firm” are currently investigating the breach. Law enforcement officials have also been notified, The TechCrunch reports.
Marriott International Inc. said it’s investigating a hack of the guest reservation database at its Starwood unit that may be one of the biggest such breaches in corporate history. Marriott shares slumped 5.6 percent in pre-market trading, The Time reports.
South Korean prosecutors claim the suspects conspired with two representatives of an unnamed Chinese company to steal Samsung's '3D Lamination' OLED flexible display technology. The indicted employees allegedly passed off the display tech for $15.5 billion won, The PCMag reports.
An ElasticSearch server that was left open on the Internet without a password has leaked the personal information of nearly 57 million Americans for almost two weeks, ZDNet has learned.
Urban Massage, a popular massage startup that bills itself as providing “wellness that comes to you,” has leaked its entire customer database, the portal techcrunch.com reports.
The first large fine within Europe has been imposed for violating the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in Portugal. Due to irregular access to patient data, the Portuguese hospital has been fined a total sum of EUR 400,000 for two GDPR infringements, the website Omada.net writes.
Security researchers have discovered an unsecured database containing the contact information of more than 9.3 million people, including email addresses, phone numbers, social media data and more, the website IT PRO reports.
