23andMe to pay US$30 million in data breach settlement
23andMe will pay $30 million and provide three years of security monitoring to settle a lawsuit accusing the genetics testing company of failing to protect the privacy of 6.9 million…
Roll20, an online tabletop role-playing game platform, discloses data breach
The popular online tabletop and role-playing game platform Roll20 announced on Wednesday that it had suffered a data breach, which exposed some users’ personal information. In a post published on…
Canada & UK Partner in Joint 23andMe Data Breach Investigation
Authorities in Canada and the UK have launched a joint investigation into a 23andMe data breach that occurred last October. That’s when a threat actor posted on the Dark Web…
London Drugs employee data leaked on dark web
More than three weeks after a cybersecurity breach forced London Drugs Ltd. to temporarily close its stores, the Vancouver-based retailer acknowledged that sensitive employee data have been leaked. Russian malware…
Winnipeg Health Sciences Centre employee snooped records of 360 patients
A Health Sciences Centre employee snooped through the medical records of about 360 patients — the latest in a series of privacy breaches involving Manitoba health-care workers. After interviewing the…
Dropbox eSignature Breach Impacts All Users, Even Those Without Accounts
Popular cloud storage provider Dropbox has suffered a significant security breach impacting all users of its eSignature platform Dropbox Sign (formerly HelloSign). According to its investigation, the cloud storage provider…