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Fines, court rulings and incidents from Europe and North America: 718 cases from 32 jurisdictions, each with an official source and checked against that source before publication. Filter by country, area of law and sector. Click a chart to drill down one level.

16cases from 5 jurisdictions
€33mTotal of monetary amounts (15 cases with an amount)
€11mLargest single case: The London Metal Exchange (LME)
€913,159Median per case with an amount

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16 cases

22 Sep 2026 OTC Link LLCOTC Link: 575,000 USD – security policies never completed despite examination findings USACritical infrastructure €501,614

From 2016 to 2025, the operator of the OTC Link ATS trading system lacked complete policies on systems security, access control and vulnerability management as required under Regulation SCI. Although the examiners of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) had criticised the gaps in several examinations, drafts remained unfinished; the SEC issued a censure and imposed 575,000 USD.

What organisations can take from it

Track supervisory examination findings with a deadline and a responsible person – points that remain open repeatedly become expensive.

Authority / court
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
Area of law
Information security and cyber · Critical infrastructure
Legal basis
Regulation SCI, Rule 1001(a)(1)–(3)
Action
Fine
Status of proceedings
final
Sector
Financial services and insurance
Repeat case
yes

Original amount 575,000 USD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 22 Sep 2026.

Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link

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5 Aug 2026 Order Express, Inc.NYDFS: $250,000 against money transmitter Order Express over cyber deficiencies USA, NYSecurity measures and risk management €216,375

The licensed money transmitter had no adequate policies for system updates and insufficient risk assessments under New York's cybersecurity regulation, as found by the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS). The company has already remedied the deficiencies.

What organisations can take from it

Even small financial service providers must keep documented patch policies and regular risk assessments.

Authority / court
New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS)
Area of law
Information security and cyber · Security measures and risk management
Legal basis
23 NYCRR Part 500 (Cybersecurity Regulation)
Action
Fine
Status of proceedings
final
Sector
Financial services and insurance
Mitigating circumstances
Because of its low turnover, the company was exempt from many Part 500 obligations; deficiencies already remedied.
Published
5 Aug 2026

Original amount 250,000 USD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 5 Aug 2026.

Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link

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29 Apr 2026 Delta Dental Insurance Company und Delta Dental of New York, Inc.NYDFS: $2.25 million against Delta Dental after MOVEit attack and late notification USA, NYSecurity measures and risk management €1.92m

In 2023, attackers exploited a zero-day vulnerability in MOVEit Transfer to steal files containing social security, driving licence, account and health data. The New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) criticised inadequate retention settings, policies and controls as well as the late notification of the cybersecurity incidents to the supervisory authority.

What organisations can take from it

Keep data in transfer tools only for as long as necessary – and report security incidents to the supervisory authority on time.

Authority / court
New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS)
Area of law
Information security and cyber · Security measures and risk management
Legal basis
23 NYCRR Part 500 (Cybersecurity Regulation)
Action
Fine
Status of proceedings
final
Sector
Financial services and insurance
Culpability
negligent
Published
30 Apr 2026

Original amount 2,250,000 USD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 29 Apr 2026.

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14 Oct 2025 Farmers Insurance ExchangeNYDFS: $2.775 million against Farmers over unprotected online quoting tools USA, NYSecurity measures and risk management €2.4m

Attackers harvested driving licence numbers and dates of birth via inadequately secured online quoting tools and agent portals. According to the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS), Farmers infringed the cybersecurity regulation and did not report the incident in time; the penalty is part of a package totalling $19 million against eight motor insurers.

What organisations can take from it

Automatically pre-filled forms containing customer data are a point of entry – scrutinise public-facing applications for the data they disclose.

Authority / court
New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS)
Area of law
Information security and cyber · Security measures and risk management
Legal basis
23 NYCRR Part 500 (Cybersecurity Regulation)
Action
Fine
Status of proceedings
final
Sector
Financial services and insurance
Culpability
negligent
Published
14 Oct 2025

Original amount 2,775,000 USD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 14 Oct 2025.

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14 Oct 2025 Infinity Insurance CompanyInfinity Insurance: 2.25 million USD – data leak via quoting tool reported too late USA, NYIncident reporting obligations €1.95m

Attackers extracted driver’s licence numbers in plain text via the motor insurer’s instant quote applications. Infinity discovered the anomalies on 9 February 2021 but only reported the cybersecurity event to the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) on 14 April 2021; the supervisor also criticised the lack of MFA and insecure development practices.

What organisations can take from it

Misuse of publicly accessible customer applications is also a reportable incident – warnings from the supervisor should trigger an immediate reporting assessment.

Authority / court
New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS)
Area of law
Information security and cyber · Incident reporting obligations
Legal basis
23 NYCRR § 500.17(a), § 500.12(a) u. a.
Action
Fine
Status of proceedings
final
Sector
Financial services and insurance
Culpability
negligent

Original amount 2,250,000 USD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 14 Oct 2025.

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22 Sep 2025 Nova Ljubljanska banka d. d.NLB: reprimand because PSD2 interface exposed 57 account numbers SloveniaSecurity measures and risk management Reprimand or warning

After an update of the PSD2 interface for third-party providers in July 2023, the confidentiality of 57 IBAN accounts of bank customers was not ensured. The banking supervisor, Banka Slovenije (Bank of Slovenia), issued a reprimand to the bank and to the responsible IT development director for breaching the obligation to protect confidential data (final).

What organisations can take from it

Every change to customer interfaces requires testing for data leakage before go-live – responsibility also lies with the manager in charge.

Relevance to training and awareness

Security testing for software releases of interfaces

Authority / court
Banka Slovenije
Area of law
Information security and cyber · Security measures and risk management
Legal basis
Art. 146, Art. 396 Abs. 1 Nr. 18 ZBan-3 (slowenisches Bankengesetz)
Action
Reprimand or warning
Status of proceedings
final
Sector
Financial services and insurance
Liability of senior managers
Reprimand also issued to the responsible Director of IT Development (Dejan Pust).

Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link

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14 Aug 2025 Healthplex, Inc.Healthplex: 2 million USD – phishing incident not reported to supervisor for months USA, NYIncident reporting obligations €1.71m

An employee of the dental insurance service provider disclosed his login credentials via a phishing e-mail; the mailbox containing over 100,000 e-mails with health and social security data was accessible. Healthplex had known about the incident since November 2021 but only reported it to the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) in April 2022 instead of within 72 hours; in addition, there was no MFA for web access and no data retention and deletion policy.

What organisations can take from it

Security incidents require a fixed reporting process with deadline control – the 72-hour clock starts when the incident is identified, not when forensics is completed.

Relevance to training and awareness

Recognising phishing; reporting channels for security incidents

Authority / court
New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS)
Area of law
Information security and cyber · Incident reporting obligations
Legal basis
23 NYCRR § 500.17(a), § 500.12(b), § 500.13, § 500.17(b)
Action
Fine
Status of proceedings
final
Sector
Financial services and insurance
Culpability
negligent

Original amount 2,000,000 USD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 14 Aug 2025.

Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link

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10 Jul 2025 Poste Vita S.p.A.Poste Vita: 80,000 EUR – data breach notified only four months after customer’s alert ItalyIncident reporting obligations €80,000

A fraudster impersonated a customer by e-mail and, between 2021 and 2023, obtained information and documents on three policies from the life insurer’s case handlers without his identity being verified. Although the customer alerted the company to the false e-mail address in September 2024, Poste Vita only notified the breach to the supervisory authority in January 2025.

What organisations can take from it

Customer alerts about possible data leaks must go into the incident assessment immediately – not only after internal checks are completed.

Relevance to training and awareness

Identity verification for customer requests by e-mail (social engineering)

Authority / court
Garante per la protezione dei dati personali
Area of law
Information security and cyber · Incident reporting obligations
Legal basis
Art. 5 Abs. 1 lit. a und f, Art. 33 Abs. 1 DSGVO
Action
Fine
Status of proceedings
unknown
Sector
Financial services and insurance
Culpability
negligent
Mitigating circumstances
Immediate blocking of further communication, internal investigation, criminal complaint and stricter identity verification.

Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link

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20 Mar 2025 The London Metal Exchange (LME)London Metal Exchange: 9.2 million GBP – controls and escalation failed in nickel turmoil United KingdomCritical infrastructure €11m

When the nickel price rose to over 100,000 USD within just over an hour on 8 March 2022, only junior staff were on duty during Asian trading hours, and they had not been trained to recognise a disorderly market; they did not escalate and even switched off price bands. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) imposed a fine on the recognised investment exchange for the first time: 9.2 million GBP after a 30% discount.

What organisations can take from it

Critical infrastructure needs trained staff around the clock and clear escalation paths – including at night and at off-peak times.

Relevance to training and awareness

Escalation of unusual market conditions; training of shift staff

Missing or inadequate training played a role in the decision.

Authority / court
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)
Area of law
Information security and cyber · Critical infrastructure
Legal basis
FCA REC 2.5.1 (Recognition Requirements); Art. 18 RTS 7 (MiFID II)
Action
Fine
Status of proceedings
final
Sector
Financial services and insurance
Mitigating circumstances
Early settlement (30% discount); improvements since March 2022.

Original amount 9,200,000 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 20 Mar 2025.

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23 Jan 2025 PayPal, Inc.NYDFS: $2 million against PayPal over untrained teams and missing MFA USA, NYSecurity measures and risk management €1.92m

When changing data flows for 1099-K tax forms, insufficiently trained teams bypassed security processes; criminals with compromised credentials were able to retrieve forms containing social security numbers. According to the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS), qualified personnel, training, access policies as well as MFA, CAPTCHA and rate limiting were lacking.

What organisations can take from it

Anyone changing data flows must know the security processes – training development teams is part of cyber defence.

Relevance to training and awareness

Secure software development and change processes

Missing or inadequate training played a role in the decision.

Authority / court
New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS)
Area of law
Information security and cyber · Security measures and risk management
Legal basis
23 NYCRR Part 500 (Cybersecurity Regulation)
Action
Fine
Status of proceedings
final
Sector
Financial services and insurance
Employees
10,000 or more
Culpability
negligent
Mitigating circumstances
PayPal has since remedied the deficiencies.
Published
23 Jan 2025

Original amount 2,000,000 USD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 23 Jan 2025.

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1 Oct 2024 Tradition SEF LLCTradition SEF: 875,000 USD – emergency and security tests not brought before the board USACritical infrastructure €789,284

The swap trading platform did not fully inform its board of the results of emergency, technology risk and penetration tests, did not regularly test its business continuity and disaster recovery capabilities and had no adequate risk management. It also failed to produce documents requested during an examination on time despite extensions of deadlines; the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) imposed 875,000 USD.

What organisations can take from it

Contingency plans only count if they are tested regularly and the results are noted by the entire governing body.

Authority / court
Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)
Area of law
Information security and cyber · Critical infrastructure
Legal basis
Commodity Exchange Act; CFTC-Regeln zu System Safeguards für Swap Execution Facilities
Action
Fine
Status of proceedings
final
Sector
Financial services and insurance

Original amount 875,000 USD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 1 Oct 2024.

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22 May 2024 Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (ICE) und neun Tochtergesellschaften, u. a. New York Stock Exchange LLCIntercontinental Exchange/NYSE: 10 million USD – cyber attack not reported to the SEC USAIncident reporting obligations €9.23m

In April 2021, a third party alerted ICE to a vulnerability in its VPN; ICE found malicious code that had been inserted but did not inform the legal and compliance officers of its exchange and clearing subsidiaries for days. As a result, the subsidiaries, including the New York Stock Exchange, did not immediately report the incident to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as required under Regulation SCI; ICE paid 10 million USD.

What organisations can take from it

Operators of critical market infrastructure need internal reporting channels that pass cyber incidents on to all entities subject to reporting obligations within hours.

Relevance to training and awareness

Internal escalation of cyber incidents to compliance

Authority / court
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
Area of law
Information security and cyber · Incident reporting obligations
Legal basis
Regulation Systems Compliance and Integrity (Regulation SCI), Meldepflichten
Action
Fine
Status of proceedings
final
Sector
Financial services and insurance
Employees
10,000 or more
Repeat case
yes

Original amount 10,000,000 USD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 22 May 2024.

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12 Mar 2024 Santander Bank Polska S.A.Santander Bank Polska: 1.44 million PLN – stolen customer documents not reported PolandIncident reporting obligations €336,066

A courier consignment containing bank documents (including PESEL numbers, account numbers, login credentials) was stolen and discarded on a housing estate; the supervisory authority learned of it from the media. The bank had informed neither the authority nor the data subjects because it rated the risk as low – it had already been sanctioned in 2022 for failing to notify data subjects.

What organisations can take from it

Assess the risk of a data breach from the data subjects’ perspective – failing to notify the loss of sensitive documents risks a higher penalty than the breach itself.

Relevance to training and awareness

Risk assessment and notification of data breaches

Authority / court
Prezes Urzędu Ochrony Danych Osobowych (UODO)
Area of law
Information security and cyber · Incident reporting obligations
Legal basis
Art. 33 Abs. 1, Art. 34 Abs. 1 DSGVO
Action
Fine
Status of proceedings
unknown
Sector
Financial services and insurance
Employees
10,000 or more
Repeat case
yes
Published
2 Apr 2024

Original amount 1,440,549 PLN, converted at the ECB reference rate of 12 Mar 2024.

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12 Mar 2024 Toyota Bank Polska S.A.Toyota Bank Polska: 78,575 PLN – misdirected mailing reported only after 1.5 years PolandIncident reporting obligations €18,331

The bank sent a customer’s contract data to the wrong recipient and only reported the breach one and a half years later, when the supervisory authority made enquiries following a complaint. Given the risk of identity theft, the authority considered that there had been an obligation to notify within 72 hours.

What organisations can take from it

Even a single misdirected mailing containing identity data is notifiable – misdirected mail cases need a documented risk assessment.

Relevance to training and awareness

Recognising misdirected mail and reporting it internally

Authority / court
Prezes Urzędu Ochrony Danych Osobowych (UODO)
Area of law
Information security and cyber · Incident reporting obligations
Legal basis
Art. 33 Abs. 1 DSGVO
Action
Fine
Status of proceedings
final
Sector
Financial services and insurance
Published
2 Apr 2024

Original amount 78,575.4 PLN, converted at the ECB reference rate of 12 Mar 2024.

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27 Nov 2023 First American Title Insurance CompanyNYDFS: $1 million against First American over open document links USA, NYSecurity measures and risk management €913,159

The EaglePro application generated links to transaction documents without login and without an expiry date; according to a journalist, by changing the sequential document number, 885 million documents containing, among other things, social security and bank data could be retrieved. Users were told not to send sensitive data, but there were no technical barriers. The penalty was imposed by the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS).

What organisations can take from it

Instructions to users do not replace technical controls – sharing links need authentication and an expiry date.

Relevance to training and awareness

Classification and sending of sensitive documents

Authority / court
New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS)
Area of law
Information security and cyber · Security measures and risk management
Legal basis
23 NYCRR §§ 500.3, 500.7 (Cybersecurity Regulation)
Action
Fine
Status of proceedings
final
Sector
Financial services and insurance
Culpability
negligent

Original amount 1,000,000 USD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 27 Nov 2023.

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18 Oct 2023 Link4 Towarzystwo Ubezpieczeń S.A.Link4: 103,752 PLN – misdirected e-mail not reported after using a risk calculator PolandIncident reporting obligations €23,362

The insurer sent a claims settlement confirmation containing name, address, vehicle and claim data by e-mail to an unauthorised person. After an assessment using an online calculator, it rated the risk as low and did not notify; the supervisory authority found that the notification obligation had been breached and treated, among other things, intent and lack of cooperation as aggravating factors.

What organisations can take from it

Risk assessment tools do not replace judgement – anyone sending out information covered by insurance secrecy should notify if in doubt.

Relevance to training and awareness

Avoiding misdirected e-mails; reporting data breaches

Authority / court
Prezes Urzędu Ochrony Danych Osobowych (UODO)
Area of law
Information security and cyber · Incident reporting obligations
Legal basis
Art. 33 Abs. 1 DSGVO
Action
Fine
Status of proceedings
unknown
Sector
Financial services and insurance
Culpability
intentional
Repeat case
yes
Published
23 Nov 2023

Original amount 103,752 PLN, converted at the ECB reference rate of 18 Oct 2023.

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