Yahoo Fined $35M for Delay in Disclosing 2014 Cyberattack
4/30/18
By: Theodore C. Peters
On April 24, 2018, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission hit Altaba, Inc. (formerly known as Yahoo) with a $35 million fine. The penalty stems from Yahoo’s failure to disclose a 2014 cyberattack until 2016, even …
Countries Around the World Are Investigating Facebook’s Cambridge Analytica Event
4/26/18
By: Allen E. Sattler
On March 18, 2018, news broke of the Cambridge Analytica event where the data of an estimated 87 million Facebook users was disclosed to the UK-based political consulting firm. The breach of user data resulted in …