Cash App's parent company, Block, has been ordered to pay $175 million to settle claims related to inadequate security measures that failed to protect users from fraud. The settlement, which Block neither admitted nor denied, represents the largest resolution in this case. Additionally, PayPal has been fined $2 million by the New York Department of Financial Services for cybersecurity failures that exposed customers' Social Security numbers. This fine addresses allegations that PayPal did not employ qualified personnel to manage critical cybersecurity functions and failed to provide adequate training to mitigate cybersecurity risks. The exposure of sensitive data occurred in late 2022.
PayPal will pay a $2 million civil fine over cybersecurity failures that led to the exposure of customers' Social Security numbers in late 2022, New York state's Department of Financial Services said. https://t.co/PfxDM5cJh0
New York fines PayPal $2 million for shoddy security practices https://t.co/DaxbcokhGt
PayPal will pay $2 million to the New York State Department of Financial Services to resolve allegations that it failed to use qualified personnel to manage key cybersecurity functions and failed to provide proper training to address cybersecurity risks. https://t.co/r9oSVeoMLN https://t.co/waj4pdBG02