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Office Depot fined millions for tricking customers into believing their PCs were infected with malware

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Office Depot fined millions for tricking customers into believing their PCs were infected with malware

Office Depot, and its partner Support.com, have been fined $ 35 million for using the PC Health Check tune-up service to dupe people into buying unnecessary computer repair and technical services.

Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.

Graham Cluley

Uber fined nearly $1.2 million by Dutch, UK over data breach – ABC News

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  1. Uber fined nearly $ 1.2 million by Dutch, UK over data breach  ABC News
  2. Uber fined £900,000 by UK, Dutch privacy regulators over 2016 data breach  ZDNet
  3. UK and Netherlands fine Uber over vast data breach  Financial Times
  4. Uber fined €1M for 2016 data breach by Dutch and British privacy watchdogs  The Next Web
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Equifax fined £500000 over customer data breach

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  1. Equifax fined £500000 over customer data breach  ZDNet

  2. Equifax faces £500000 fine in the UK over massive data breach  Engadget
  3. Equifax fined by ICO over data breach that hit Britons  BBC News
  4. Equifax Ltd monetary penalty notice Action we’ve taken PDF (4.73MB) – ICO  ICO
  5. Equifax mass data breach worse than first thought  Sky News

    6. Full coverage

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Child sexual abuse inquiry fined £200000 for data breach

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  1. Child sexual abuse inquiry fined £200000 for data breach  Sky News

  2. Abuse inquiry fined £200000 for email data breach  BBC News
  3. Inquiry into child sexual abuse fined £200k after data breach  Irish Times

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