A Florida data broker that lost hundreds of millions of Social Security numbers and other personally identifiable information in a data breach earlier this year, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as the company faces a wave of litigation. Jericho Pictures, the parent company of the hacked data broker National Public Data, told a […]
Meta fined $101.5M for 2019 breach that exposed hundreds of millions of Facebook passwords
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 $ 101.5M at current exchange rates — after concluding a multi-year investigation into a 2019 security breach by Facebook’s parent company. The DPC opened […]
Legendary Star Donates Millions To Charity To Mark Her Debut Anniversary
On September 18, one of South Korea’s most beloved stars celebrated her 16th year in the entertainment industry with a generous donation of ₩225 million KRW (about $ 170,000 USD). The star is none other than the philanthropic queen IU. | EDAM Entertainment The singer made the donation through her agency, EDAM Entertainment, under the […]
Yang Hyun Suk Indicted For Not Declaring Luxury Watches Worth Millions
Yang Hyun Suk, the founder and executive producer of YG Entertainment, has been charged with failing to declare luxury watches worth hundreds of millions of won upon bringing them into South Korea. According to the Busan District Prosecutor’s Office, Yang is accused of importing two high-end Swiss watches from Singapore in 2014 without reporting them […]
Pharma giant Cencora is alerting millions about its data breach
Cencora has so far notified over a million people around the U.S. that their personal and protected health information was compromised in a data breach earlier this year, TechCrunch has found. The pharmaceutical giant in May said that a February incident resulted in the compromise of patients’ data, which Cencora obtained through partnerships with drug […]