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Companies involved in serious or repeated privacy breaches will face fines worth hundreds of millions of dollars under new laws introduced in the wake of the Optus and Medibank breaches.

New York Attorney General Letitia James secured a $1.9 million penalty from e-commerce retailer Zoetop, owner of SHEIN and ROMWE, following data breach. Office of the Attorney General of the State of New York NYAG alleged Zoetop failed to handle breach lied to consumers.

Commentary From Crisis Management Expert Edward Segal, Bestselling Author of the Award-Winning Book "Crisis Ahead: 101 Ways to Prepare for and Bounce Back from Disasters, Scandals, and Other Emergencies" (Nicholas Brealey, 2020) The U.S. Department of Labor recentlty proposed an important change in how workers are classified as employees or independent contractors.

Cyber Security Minister Clare O’Neil has slammed the “criminals” claiming to be behind the Medibank data breach, labelling the attack a "dog act" on Australians.

Domestic Kitten hacking group has been spotted spying on Iranians using an updated version of FurBall Android malware.

Microsoft has confirmed exposing prospective customer data due to a misconfiguration, but claims the reporting company has exaggerated the numbers.

A Russian ransomware group dubbed "OldGremlin" has been attributed to 16 multi-million dollar campaigns targeting businesses in Russia.

Hacker steals customer data from Australia's leading health insurer Medibank Private, in latest data breach down under All IT news on Silicon.co.uk

Geopolitical tensions are on the rise around the world and global economic structures continue to evolve as a result. Political disruption and unrest can have a far-reaching impact on the rest of the globe. This impact can be seen most clearly in the ripple effects that the current ongoing Ukraine-Russia war has had on the rest of the world in terms of economic volatility, food insecurity, and dramatic price increases.

The Optus data breach, which has affected close to 10 million Australians, has sparked calls for changes to Australia’s privacy laws, placing limits