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Background information Cross-border case Legal Reference(s): Article 22 (Automated individual decision making, including profiling) and Article 13 (Information to be provided where personal data are collected from the data subject) Decision: Administrative fine Key words: Automated decision making, profiling and online tracking, fines Summary of the Decision The Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens (AP), the Dutch data protection…
European Data Protection Board
Background information Date of final decision: 28/07/2026 National case Controller: Ministry of Social Cohesion and Family Affairs Legal Reference(s): Article 25 (Data protection by design and by default), Article 28 (Processor), Article 32 (Security of processing), Article 33 (Notification of a personal data breach to the supervisory authority) and Article 34 (Communication of a personal…
European Data Protection Board
Background information Date of final decision: 22/09/2026 National case Legal Reference(s): Article 32 (Security of processing) Decision: Administrative fine Website topics: Cybersecurity, personal data breaches Summary of the Decision Origin of the case In August 2025, the IT service provider Miljödata was targeted in a cyberattack, during which a malicious actor gained access to a…
European Data Protection Board
The co-creator of Empire Market, one of the largest dark web marketplaces before its shutdown, has been sentenced to 40 years in prison for facilitating $430 million in illegal transactions from 2018 to 2020.
BleepingComputer
SEC Consult has published technical details on vulnerabilities mentioned in a complaint filed by several US states.
SecurityWeek
The owner of Florida-based ransomware remediation company MonsterCloud has been charged with fraud for allegedly paying ransomware gangs behind his clients’ backs and billing them far more than the ransom. Zohar Pinhasi (aka “Zack Silver” and “Zack Green”), a 50-year-old US and Israeli national from Hollywood, Florida, allegedly billed MonsterCloud clients more than $19 million…
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The U.S. State Department is offering up to $10 million for information leading to the identification or location of Zhang Yu, a Chinese national charged in the United States in connection with the 2021 Microsoft Exchange Server attacks known as HAFNIUM. The reward is for information leading to his identification or location, the news outlet…
The Hacker News
Most compliance work goes into proving security, not improving it. That isn’t because the rules are unreasonable. Regulators, customers, and cyber insurers are right to expect organizations to implement hundreds of technical and administrative controls, monitor their environments, respond to incidents, and prove that all of it works. The problem is the cost of delivering…
Help Net Security
On September 10, 2026, California’s governor signed AB 2246, a bill that repeals and replaces the California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act.
Hunton Andrews Kurth
Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson recently announced plans for a new study of personalized pricing under Section 6(b) of the FTC Act.
Hunton Andrews Kurth
Here’s another case where the folks who were supposed to be the good guys helping you may be harming you. Zohar Pinhasi, 50, also known as “Zack Silver” and “Zack Green,” a U.S. and Israeli national, was arraigned today in the Eastern District of New York on wire fraud charges relating to Pinhasi’s false representations……
DataBreaches.net
The owner of ransomware remediation company MonsterCloud has been charged with allegedly defrauding ransomware victims by secretly paying their attackers for decryptors while claiming to use proprietary technology to recover encrypted data.
BleepingComputer