Every industry is fair game for hackers. One mistake with any account information like reusing or sharing passwords and your organization can be shaken down for millions. So remember to practice good cybersecurity: do not reuse passwords, always confirm whom you are sharing sensitive information with, and be careful when clicking on suspicious links.

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Ticketmaster has agreed to pay a $10 million fine after being charged with illegally accessing computer systems of a competitor repeatedly between 2013 and 2015 in an attempt to “cut [the company] off at the knees.”

 

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According to T-Mobile, its security team recently discovered “malicious, unauthorized access” to their systems. After bringing in a cybersecurity firm to perform an investigation, T-Mobile found that threat actors gained access to the telecommunications information generated by customers, known as CPNI.

 


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Twenty-seven state attorneys general—including from New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Florida and Pennsylvania—announced Wednesday they had reached a $2.4 million settlement agreement with Sabre Corp., whose 2016/2017 data breach exposed the data of owners of about 1.3 million credit cards.
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Lawyers are urging victims of a significant British Airways data breach to come forward as they could be in line for up to £2,000 in compensation.

 

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Hacking campaign appeared to be part of an ‘intelligence gathering effort’ resulting in a ‘serious compromise’

 


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