Hack targets Air Europa: customers must block credit cards
Air Europa has been hit by a hacking attack in which customer credit card data has been stolen. The Spanish airline is urging customers to block their credit cards.
Air Europa has been hit by a hack in which cyber criminals stole sensitive information from customers, BleepingComputer reports. Th... Read more
NXP reports customer data breach, warns for suspicious emails
NXP has alerted customers by email to a data breach. A cyber incident occurred on July 11, which the Dutch chipmaker's incident response team discovered three days later. The company advises customers to watch for suspicious emails.
The email NXP sent to customers was shared on X by Troy Hunt, f... Read more
Western Digital provides details on March data breach
The US hardware giant gave us an update on the extent of the damage done in the recent cyberattack.
Last Friday Western Digital (WDC) issued an official "update" on the results of the cyberattack the company had suffered in March.
Calling the attack a "network security incident", the San Jose... Read more
Data breach at American Airlines exposes customer and employee data
American Airlines (AA) suffered a data breach in which the personal information of customers and staff may have been taken. The breach, announced by AA in a letter to victims on September 16, involved an authorized actor exposing the email accounts of AA staff members in July.
When the airl... Read more
UK government creates Digital Markets Unit to regulate tech companies
The UK government plans to put in place a Digital Markets Unit (DMU) whose sole focus will be the regulation of online platforms. It might also have the power to block business moves by companies that show anti-competitive behavior. The unit will also be able to hand down fines to violators.
The... Read more
The Google Analytics update brings ML to reveal useful customer data
Brands want more and better information about their target markets. Just this week, Twilio bought the customer data startup Segment for a reported $3.2 billion. Google is no different than any other company in the same space.
Yesterday, it announced a slew of updates to Google Analytics to help ... Read more
Arm says it will protect confidential info after Nvidia acquisition
If Nvidia is allowed to acquire Arm from SoftBank, Arm will have ‘firewalls’ in place to ensure the data center chip company will not have access to information from Arm's customers or get early access to Arm products. The news about this was confirmed by a top exec at Arm on Tuesday.
The de... Read more
‘Number of data breach fines will increase in the coming years’
The number and value of fines that companies have to pay for mishandling user data will increase in the coming years, according to a new report by DSA Connect.
DSA Connect, a company that sells data management services, has polled a thousand employees and more than a third (37 percent) expect bo... Read more