After suffering a data breach in 2017, credit-reporting company Equifax has agreed to pay a $700m settlement, but consumer advocates and lawmakers argue the penalty has not been severe enough

Internet giant Yahoo had drawn up a $50m settlement package for victims of a mass cyber hack, but it was thrown out due to lack of clarity

For the second time this year, a data leak has hit Google+, this time affecting an estimated 52.5 million people