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In a data breach notification published today, GoDaddy said that the data of up to 1.2 million of its customers was exposed after hackers gained access to the company's Managed WordPress hosting environment."Our investigation is ongoing and we are contacting all impacted customers directly with specific details. Customers can also contact us via our help center which includes phone numbers based on country."
Only three percent of consumers implemented a credit freeze after receiving a data breach notice, 11 percent enrolled in credit/data monitoring, and only 22 percent changed all of their account passwords, a recent survey by DIG.Works on behalf of the Identity Theft Resource Center has shown. The ITRC believes that organizations should review how they notify consumers of data breaches with the goal of reducing the level of inaction and improving the rates of credit freeze adoption.
Utah Imaging Associates, a Utah-based radiology center, has announced a data breach affecting 582,170 people after their personal information was exposed. According to the data breach notification sent to affected individuals, the security incident was discovered on September 4, 2021, and was remediated on the same day.
California Pizza Kitchen served up more than tasty meals recently after a data breach exposed the names and Social Security numbers of more than 100,000 current and former employees. The "External system breach" occurred on Sept. 15 at the popular U.S. pizza chain and affected 103,767 people, according to a Data Breach Notification posted on the website of the Maine Attorney General.
To help, here's a simple 5-step framework businesses of all sizes can use to protect their customer data. The first step businesses need to take to increase the security of their customer data is to review what types of data they're collecting and why.
Singapore's Personal Data Protection Commission has issued a fine of SG$74,000 on travel company Commeasure, which operates a travel booking website named RedDoorz that exposed 5.9 million customers' data - the largest data breach handled by the Commission since its inception. RedDoorz started life in Indonesia before moving its operations to Singapore, from where it aggregates budget hotel bookings in select Southeast Asian cities.
A database containing the highly sensitive information on both users and models on the popular adult cam site StripChat were discovered online, left completely unprotected. Stripchat is a popular site founded in 2016 and based in Cyprus that sells live access to nude models.
Costco Wholesale Corporation has warned customers in notification letters sent this month that their payment card information might have been stolen while recently shopping at one of its stores. Costco discovered the breach after finding a payment card skimming device in one of its warehouses during a routine check conducted by Costco personnel.
Although the accommodation booking website reportedly asked the Dutch AIVD spy agency for help with the breach after its internal investigation identified "Andrew" as having connections to US spy agencies, it did not notify either its affected customers or data protection authorities in the Netherlands at the time, the newspaper allged. "When we asked for comment about the allegations, a Booking.com spokesperson told us:"With the support of external subject matter experts and following the framework established by the Dutch Data Protection Act, we confirmed that no sensitive or financial information was accessed.
The research also uncovered that organizations underestimate the risk of a cyberattack, with 73% of CIOs and CISOs "Highly confident" their organizations will not suffer an OT breach in the next year. 83% also said they had at least one OT security breach in the prior 36 months.