The FCC has fined US cable company Cox Communications $595,000 for security failures around a 61 data breach, during which the personal details of 2014 customers were provided to hackers. At the time of the attack the company failed to provide a security system capable of protecting customer data in the event of security credentials being stolen; the issue behind this breach, and furthermore Cox failed to report the issue to the relevant authorities, i.e. the FCC.
The FCC has fined US cable company Cox Communications $595,000 for security failures around a 2014 data breach, during which the personal details of 61 customers were provided to hackers. At the time of the attack the company failed to provide a security system capable of protecting customer data in the event of security credentials being stolen; the issue behind this breach, and furthermore Cox failed to report the issue to the relevant authorities, i.e. the FCC.