By Kyle Brasseur2024-03-11T15:54:00
The Italian data protection authority, Garante, announced a fine of 2.8 million euros (U.S. $3 million) against UniCredit for alleged violations of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) regarding insufficient security measures the bank had in place during a cyberattack.
The penalty, assessed in February but revealed by Garante in a translated newsletter Thursday, came in response to a 2018 data breach at UniCredit that exposed the information of hundreds of thousands of customers.
UniCredit said in an emailed statement it would challenge the regulator’s decision.
2024-08-19T19:25:00Z By Jeff Dale
Spain’s data protection authority fined retailer Uniqlo Europe 270,000 euros (U.S. $294,000) over admitted violations of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation.
2024-04-25T16:33:00Z By Jeff Dale
The Czech Republic’s data protection authority issued a fine of 351 million Czech koruna (U.S. $15 million) against antivirus software vendor Avast for alleged violations of the General Data Protection Regulation.
2024-04-01T14:00:00Z By Aaron Nicodemus
AT&T said personal account data on approximately 73 million current and former customers was released on the dark web two weeks ago but has not yet identified when and where the breach occurred.
2025-08-25T20:49:00Z By Adrianne Appel
JPMorgan Chase has agreed to pay $330 million to settle allegations about its role in the massive, decades-long theft of Malaysian’s 1MDB state investment fund, the bank says. An estimated $4.5 billion was robbed from the 1MDB fund, from 2009-2014, in a scheme led by Malaysian financier, Jho Low, former ...
2025-08-25T18:24:00Z By Adrianne Appel
Crypto platform Anchorage Digital has been freed of a consent order originally issued by the Treasury Department for anti-money laundering failures.
2025-08-25T15:51:00Z By Adrianne Appel
The co-founders of a California financial tech and sustainability services company defrauded investors and lenders of $248 million, according to the Department of Justice.
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