100 million records stolen from US bank
Most of the data captured by a hacker attack originates from credit card applications and existing credit cards of the bank's customers.
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Facebook fine $5 billion
The unauthorised processing of Facebook user data by Cambridge Analytica resulted in financial fines and structural changes.
Data breach at the Gütersloh Job Center
Data breakdown at the Gütersloh Job Center: unshredded files were disposed of in blue paper bins and were accessible to everyone.
Massive data breach at the Russian secret service
Data leak at the Russian secret service FSB: Hackers are said to have stolen data on current projects and operations from the Moscow spy agency.
Data leak at petition platform WeAct
According to the operator of a petition platform Campact, lists of signatories were publicly accessible due to a technical error.
Dutch fine against hospital
The Dutch supervisory authority imposed a fine on Haga Hospital for insufficient security of patient records.
Data breach at LKA Lower Saxony
Already on 08.05.2019, a briefcase containing highly sensitive information is said to have been stolen from a private car by an official of the LKA.
Innovation Driver GDPR
Unfortunately, the basic data protection regulation has only been in existence for a year: Find out why the DSGVO is an innovation driver of digitisation.
Hackers steal customer data in medium-sized businesses
Automated hacker attack presumably from abroad, 221,000 captured customer data.
Fines enforced to date by supervisory authorities
These fines were enforced by regulatory authorities. Learn what went wrong and what you can do better yourself.
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