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McDonald's suffers data breach in US, S Korea, Taiwan; no information leak

Fast food chain McDonald's has suffered a data breach in the US, South Korea and Taiwan, saying no customer financial information was leaked.

McDonald's becomes the latest company to be hit by a data breach

McDonald's has become the latest company to be hit by a data breach after unauthorized activity on its network exposed the personal data of some customers in South Korea and Taiwan.

Best of BS Opinion: Going viral on vaccines, another data breach & more

Here are the best of Business Standard's opinion pieces for Tuesday

Another data breach

Air India's delay in informing customers is inexplicable

Upstox alerts users of data breach; says funds, securities remain safe

Retail broking firm Upstox has alerted customers of a security breach that included contact data and KYC details of customers, but assured users that their funds and securities remain safe. The development comes close on the heels of reports of data breaches at organisations like MobiKwik, Facebook and LinkedIn. "On receipt of e-mails claiming unauthorised access into our database, we have appointed a leading international cyber-security firm to investigate possibilities of breach of some KYC data stored in third-party data warehouse systems. "This morning, hackers put up a sample of our data on the dark web," a company spokesperson said in an e-mailed statement. The spokesperson added that as a proactive measure, the company has initiated multiple security enhancements, particularly at the third-party warehouses, real-time 24x7 monitoring and additional ring-fencing of its network. "As a matter of abundant caution, we have also initiated a secure password reset via OTP for all Up

Best of BS Opinion: Data breach menace, Chinese dreams of future & more

Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces for the day

Data breach menace

India needs an effective privacy law quickly

India becomes favourite destination for cyber criminals amid Covid-19

Year 2020 saw one of the largest numbers of data breaches and the numbers seem to be only rising

Why encryption backdoors spell the death of privacy

If we wish to preserve free and open soci­eties, then we must preserve the privacy and security of our online communications

Data breach allegations: MobiKwik forensic audit gets moving on RBI order

Payments firm says working closely with requisite authorities to conduct independent audit

Data safe, security robust, but will do forensic audit, says MobiKwik

RBI likely to initiate independent probe

3.5 million MobiKwik users' data up for sale, company denies claim

The leak was first reported in February by security researcher Rajshekhar Rajaharia, which the company had denied at the time

MobiKwik denies KYC breach of 3.5 mn users amid IPO plans, says data 'safe'

According to the researchers, the entire database is available for 1.5 Bitcoin (nearly $84,000) on the Dark Web

German soccer club Stuttgart fined for data breach

German soccer club Stuttgart has been fined 300,000 euros ($357,000) for misusing private data about its members, a regulator said Wednesday

Data breach could cost world's top brands up to $223 billion, finds study

Customers might either stop engaging with a brand due as news of a breach spreads, loss figure could touch $223 billion

Top-100 brands risk losing $223 bn in brand value on data breach: Report

The world's top-100 brands could see a whopping $223 billion getting wiped off their brand value due to data breach, according to a report.

About 580,000 frequent fliers' data breached, says Singapore Airlines

Around 580,000 privilege fliers, KrisFlyer and PPS members, have been affected by a data breach, Singapore Airlines (SIA) has said

Dealing with cyber-attacks

India needs a carefully calibrated strategy

Mumbai 'cyberattack' puts focus on the need for greater security

India Inc leaders said they are taking sufficient action and investing in technology to prevent such attacks, especially since work-from-home became a norm

Indian Army orders probe in alleged data breach in Northern Command

The data breach took place when the soldier from Punjab and posted under the Northern Command was caught by officials dealing with the alleged issue, Army sources said here