Posts by Y@DminG
AT&T Says Data From 109M U.S. Customer Accounts Illegally Downloaded
AT&T said Friday the company suffered a massive hacking incident as data from about 109 million customer accounts containing records of calls and texts from 2022 was illegally downloaded in April. The U.S. telecom company said the FBI is investigating … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreHealthcare Companies Are Sending Customer Data to Big Tech
California-based health system Kaiser Permanente recently alerted millions of people that their private information was inappropriately shared with tech giants, angering patients who weren’t aware of the practice. A Bloomberg News analysis showed the same kinds of online trackers remain … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreDollar General to Pay $12M Penalty, Improve Safety Under Settlement
Discount store operator Dollar General has agreed to pay $12 million in penalty for alleged safety violations that led to blocked exits and fire extinguishers and unsafe storage, requiring the company to improve workplace safety in stores across the U.S. … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreNordea Risks Money Laundering Fine Near $1 Billion, Experts Say
Nordea Bank could face an estimated maximum fine of almost $1 billion over alleged failures to stop money laundering if it loses its case with Denmark, according to some legal experts, an amount that would far exceed the lender’s own … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreSpaceX Wins Block on U.S. Labor Board Case Over Severance Agreements
A federal judge in Texas said on Wednesday he would block the National Labor Relations Board from pursuing claims that Elon Musk’s SpaceX forced workers to sign illegal severance agreements, pending the outcome of the rocket maker’s challenge to the … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreCiti Fined $136 Million for Failing to Fix Regulatory Issues
Citigroup Inc. will pay almost $136 million in fines to US bank regulators over issues related to data-quality management and risk controls. The Federal Reserve said Wednesday that its penalty was for Citi violating an enforcement action from 2020. The … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreBiden Administration Raises FEMA Bar for Flood Resilience
The US Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has finalized a rule mandating that projects built using its funds not only take into account previous and current levels of local flood risk, but for the first time consider the future risk … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreDamage From Hurricane Beryl May Cost Insurers $2.7B in U.S., Modeler Says
Insurers in the United States may take a hit of about $2.7 billion from damage caused by Hurricane Beryl, catastrophe modeling company Karen Clark & Co. said on Thursday. About 1.5 million customers remained without power in Texas on Wednesday, … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreMicrosoft in $22M Deal to Settle Cloud Complaint, Ward off Regulators
Microsoft has clinched a 20-million-euro ($21.7 million) deal to settle an antitrust complaint about its cloud computing licensing practices, averting an EU antitrust investigation and potential hefty fine. Cloud services organization CISPE, whose members include Amazon and a score of … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreHurricane Risk Prompts a Caribbean Bank to Disaster-Proof Its Finances
Hurricane Beryl ripped through the Caribbean last week, leaving small island governments rushing to find funds for the billions of dollars in damages. It was the type of situation that Stefano Capodagli is trying to prepare for at the Caribbean … Source: Claims Journal
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