CPO Magazine (or Chief Privacy Officer Magazine) provides news, insights and resources for data protection, privacy and cyber security leaders.

4 days ago · Latest news on data protection, privacy and cybersecurity regulatory developments, data breaches and enforcement actions happening around the world.

Jan 24, 2025 · Cyber criminals, state-sponsored hackers and even the occasional disgruntled employee are constantly looking to gain unauthorized access for a variety of purposes: theft of money, cyber espionage, personal information for sale or for use in scams, and damage to critical infrastructure for just a few of the most common.

Jan 31, 2025 · MGM Resorts suffered a data breach in 2019 and a ransomware attack in 2023, resulting in a $45 million settlement to terminate related class action lawsuits stemming from both cyber incidents, which exposed over 10.6 million hotel guest records.. In 2014 and 2015, Hilton Hotels also suffered data breaches that resulted in a $700,000 settlement after exposing 363,000 hotel guest accounts.

Jan 20, 2025 · Federal agencies are also looking at new requirements under the cybersecurity executive order. This includes pilot deployments of commercial phishing-resistant standards such as WebAuthn, new procedures to improve CISA access to FCEB agency endpoint detection and response data, and new FedRAMP policies and practices for …

May 21, 2024 · Tom Kellermann, SVP of Cyber Strategy at Contrast Security, notes that the most important aspect of defense against the Chinese cyber threat is in countering its focus on developing and buying novel exploits: “China poses a clear and present danger in cyberspace as tensions over Taiwan spill over.The PLA has ratcheted up the development of zero days, which has led to the systemic ...

Jan 9, 2025 · Technological development has always outpaced privacy concerns, but never more so than in the past decade. Collection and centralization of personally identifiable information (PII), tracking of movements and digital surveillance are all at unprecedented levels.

3 days ago · The European Commission has not committed to any actions yet, but has said it is monitoring the situation and will “respond appropriately.” The 2023 agreement allowed the US to once again join the ranks of trusted EU data partners after years of legal challenges upended prior agreements, and the door would be open for those challenges to return if the board is determined to have been ...

Jan 31, 2025 · China has not received an adequacy decision for international data transfers due to known and expected access by the government. The six apps that the noyb privacy complaints are targeting are TikTok, AliExpress, SHEIN, Temu, WeChat and Xiaomi.

Jan 26, 2024 · Today, data flows have become infinitely more complex in what has come to be known as surveillance capitalism. The challenge is how to future proof privacy legislation, learning the lesson of what worked with credit reporting laws as well as other more recent measures.