By Adrianne Appel2023-11-29T19:05:00
A title insurance company agreed to pay a $1 million fine and implement stronger compliance measures for allegedly not securing customers’ personal data, particularly during a 2019 cybersecurity breach.
First American Title Insurance Company, the second largest title insurer in the nation, did not address a known vulnerability on its proprietary storage platform, EaglePro, before the issue was exposed by a cybersecurity journalist months later, according to the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS). The regulator announced the action Tuesday.
Under the NYDFS’s 2017 Cybersecurity Regulation, First American was required to have controls in place to secure its customer data.
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Apparel company VF Corp., the owner of brands including The North Face, Vans, and Timberland, disclosed its estimation approximately 35.5 million customers had their personal data stolen as part of a cybersecurity incident it uncovered in December.
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Virtual currency brokerage firm Genesis Global Trading agreed to pay an $8 million penalty levied by the New York State Department of Financial Services for alleged compliance failures that left it vulnerable to illicit activity and cybersecurity threats.
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Mortgage servicer OneMain Financial Group will pay $4.25 million to settle allegations it left customer information vulnerable to cyberattacks by failing to implement required controls under New York’s cybersecurity law.
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A Florida seafood company executive has pleaded guilty to conspiring with competitors to fix the prices he paid to local fishers, an effort that impacted more than $8 million in wholesale fish and cut the pay of hundreds of fishers, the Department of Justice said.
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The former CEO of a Georgia clothing business faces 25 years in prison for bribing Honduran officials to win $10 million in uniform contracts in Honduras, after being caught up in a Department of Justice Anticorruption Task Force.
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The DOJ sued Uber Thursday, alleging it violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by denying people with disabilities equal access to its services.
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