Data breaches
Coupang CEO resigns over historic South Korean data breach
The company faces a potential fine of up to one trillion won
South Korean President Lee calls for harsher penalties after Coupang data breach
The company’s CEO endures hours-long grilling for shocking data loss
Salesforce says customer data possibly exposed following incident
The company is investigating “unusual activity” involving Gainsight-published applications
Marina Bay Sands fined S$315,000 for 2023 data breach
The PDPC notes the failure to take reasonable security measures during a software migration exercise, among other faults
Shein, hit with big fines, boosts internal controls
The online fast-fashion retailer has grown to become the world’s biggest fast fashion retailer by sales
Vietnam probes suspected cyberattack on its national credit information database
This comes after an international hacker group offers to sell a ‘full country’ credit database containing ‘very sensitive information’
Automotive distributor Cycle & Carriage Singapore suffers data breach; 147,000 records stolen
Some personal information leaked, but not banking or credit card details
South Korea fines Meta for illegal collection of user data
The tech giant collected sensitive information from around 980,000 domestic users
LinkedIn fined 310 million euros for Illegal data practices in EU
The decision includes an order for Microsoft owned LinkedIn to bring its data processing into compliance with the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation
Indonesia's tax agency probes alleged personal data breach
The breach affects millions of Indonesians, including President Joko Widodo, his ministers and his two sons
