Air India passenger data breach reveals SITA hack worse than first thought – TechCrunch

Air India passenger data breach reveals SITA hack worse than first thought – TechCrunch

We are still learning of the damage three months after aviation data giant SITA reported a data breach. Air India announced this week that the personal data of approximately 4.5 million passengers had been compromised following the incident at SITA, the data processor for the Indian airline. The information stolen included the passenger’s name, credit … Read more

Facebook faces questions over data breach – TechCrunch

Facebook faces questions over data breach – TechCrunch

European regulators have questions about a Facebook privacy breach, Clubhouse is adding payments, and a robotics company has SPAC plans. This is your daily crisis for April 6th, 2021. The big story: Facebook faces data breach questions A breach of personally identifiable information (such as email addresses and phone numbers) on more than 500 million … Read more

Data breach exposes 1.6 million Washington state residents who filed unemployment claims in 2020

Data breach exposes 1.6 million Washington state residents who filed unemployment claims in 2020

Washington State Auditor Pat McCarthy. (Photo of the state examiner) The Washington State Auditor’s office is investigating a security incident that compromised the personal information of more than 1.6 million people who filed for unemployment in the state in 2020. Auditor’s office, Pat McCarthy, accused a third party software provider called Accellion, whose services are … Read more