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The European Medicines Agency is the EU regulatory body responsible for COVID-19 vaccine approval. Now, Gizmodo reports a cyberattack on EMA's servers has produced an 'unlawful access' of documents related to a potential COVID-19 vaccine. The EMA’s own statement on the attacks doesn’t disclose much, but does confirm that the breach happened. However, pharma giant Pfizer and its German partner, BioNTech, announced that some of their own documents were caught up in the breach. There’s a chance that this latest attack might push Pfizer/BioNTech's timeline for an EU regulatory review of its proposed vaccine back a bit.
Robinhood users have faced a series of attacks on their trading accounts in recent weeks. Bloomberg News reports that an internal review estimated the number of compromised users near 2,000. According to Business Insider, the online trading company has not disclosed an exact number. Robinhood security says security "is a top priority and something we take very seriously." In response to the breach, Robinhood has started encouraging users to implement two-factor authentication. The number of compromised accounts is a small fraction of the company's 13 million users.
Business Insider reports that H&M has been fined $41.1 million by a German regulator. The company was caught monitoring "several hundred employees" at its service center in Nuremberg, Germany. In 2018 The EU introduced new General Data Protection Regulation laws. This is the second-largest fine levied against a single company over data breaches since the 2018 laws were put into effect. Since 2014 supervisors and managers at H&M have been storing data on employees. The data includes information from meetings and workplace conversations, such as medical symptoms, family issues, and religious beliefs. This data was sometimes used to make employment decisions. H&M compensated all affected staff, and said that the company views privacy and data protection as "top priority."
Yahoo says at least 500 million accounts were hacked in 2014. Fred Katayama reports.
Yahoo says at least 500 million accounts were hacked in 2014. Fred Katayama reports.
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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