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Investigators Found Months of Unchecked Database Scraping ActivitySouth Korea's privacy regulator fined Coupang a record 624.7 billion won after concluding that weak authentication controls, insider access abuse, evidence destruction and unauthorized data collection contributed to the exposure of personal information belonging to 33.7 million people.
The Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC), South Korea's data protection regulator, has fined e-commerce giant Coupang a record 624.6 billion won (roughly $409 million) following a massive data breach affecting more than 37 million customers [...]
The ICO has fined South Staffordshire Water nearly £1m for a series of data protection failings
HHS OCR Breach Investigators Again Find All-Too-Common Risk Analysis FailuresFaulty or non-existent security risk analyses cost a medical imaging provider, a women's healthcare group, a health plan and a third-party insurance administrator a collective $1.7 million in fines after federal regulators concluded they didn't do enough to prevent ransomware attacks.
HHS OCR Breach Investigators Again Find All-Too-Common Risk Analysis FailuresFaulty or non-existent security risk analyses cost a medical imaging provider, a women's healthcare group, a health plan and a third-party insurance administrator a collective $1.7 million in fines after federal regulators concluded they didn't do enough to prevent ransomware attacks.
HIPAA Settlement Small Compared to Many OthersU.S. federal regulators fined a dental practice software vendor with a seemingly lowball financial penalty for a high-stakes 2020 hack affecting 15 million individuals that the company failed to report. Maryland-based MMG Fusion agreed to $10,000.
Appeals judge says yes in latest battle of ICO against a breached retail giant The UK's data protection watchdog has scored a small win in a lengthy legal battle against a British retail group that lost millions of data records during a 2017 breach.…
Comstar Paid Feds $75K Last Year to Settle HIPAA Allegations in Same 2022 BreachAn ambulance billing and collections firm has agreed to pay $515,000 to Massachusetts and Connecticut regulators and implement a prescriptive information security program in the aftermath of a 2022 hacking incident affecting the sensitive information of nearly 350,000 residents in those states.
The French data protection regulator said that France Travail’s response to a 2024 data breach violated GDPR
The French data protection authority fined the national employment agency €5 million (nearly €6 million) for failing to secure job seekers' data, which allowed hackers to steal the personal information of 43 million people. [...]
Also, CIRO Phishing Breach, Ingram Micro Ransomware and CVE SurgeThis week, DOGE posted sensitive data on an outside server. A phishing attack affected 750,000 Canadians. A hacktivism warning from the U.K. NCSC. An Ingram Micro breach. CVEs surged in 2025. SK Telecom challenged a fine. Researchers disclosed Chainlit flaws. North Korean hackers abused VS Code.
Regulators logged over 400 personal data breach notifications a day for first time since law came into force GDPR fines pushed past the £1 billion (€1.2 billion) mark in 2025 as Europe's regulators were deluged with more than 400 data breach notifications a day, according to a new survey that suggests the post-plateau era of enforcement has well and truly arrived.…
$1.4 Billion in Known Fines Levied in 2025, Despite Criticism From Outside EUThe volume of data breach notifications being issued to Europeans increased by one-fifth over the past year, while the total fines being imposed by data protection authorities held steady, adding up to 1.2 billion euros for the second year in a row, led by Ireland, says a global law firm.
The French data protection authority (CNIL) has imposed cumulative fines of €42 million on Free Mobile and its parent company, Free, for inadequate protection of customer data against cyber threats. [...]
Three major GDPR violations, including a lack of basic security controls, lead to hefty dent in profits The French data protection regulator, CNIL, today issued a collective €42 million ($48.9 million) fine to two French telecom companies for GDPR violations stemming from a data breach.…
The UK’s data protection regulator has fined password manager provider LastPass £1.2m after 2022 data breach
Password Manager Must Pay 1.2M PoundsThe British data regulator imposed a fine of 1.2 million pounds against password manager LastPass over a 2022 data breach that exposed the data of millions of its customers. Unidentified hackers stole backup data from LastPass's Amazon Web Services S3 bucket.
The UK Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) fined the LastPass password management firm £1.2 million for failing to implement security measures that allowed an attacker to steal personal information and encrypted password vaults belonging to up to 1.6 million UK users in a 2022 breach. [...]
UK data regulator says failures were unacceptable for a company managing the world's passwords The UK's Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) says LastPass must cough up £1.2 million ($1.6 million) after its two-part 2022 data breach compromised information from up to 1.6 million UK users.…
The Information Commissioner’s Office has chosen only to reprimand the Post Office after a 2024 breach