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List of data breaches and cyber attacks in May 2019 – 1.39 billion records leaked

IT Governance

The cyber security story for May 2019 is much the same as it was last month, with one mammoth breach raising the monthly total. which breached sixteen years’ worth of insurance data. Salesforce customers faced 15-hour delay as org investigates security incident (unknown). Ransomware.

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 1 – 7 January 2024

IT Governance

million customers’ data having gained access via a vulnerability in Hathaway’s Laravel web application framework. The compromised data allegedly includes names, email addresses and phone numbers. Data breached: 41,500,000 records. Data breached: 4,452,782 records. They accessed 41.5 HealthEC LLC breached, almost 4.5

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FINLAND: PARLIAMENT APPROVES NEW ACT ON THE SECONDARY USE OF SOCIAL AND HEALTH CARE PERSONAL DATA

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

The Finnish Parliament has approved the new general Act on the Secondary Use of Social Welfare and Health Care Data (Laki sosiaali- ja terveystietojen toissijaisesta käytöstä, based on government proposal HE 159/2017) in March 2019. The Act shall become effective within the following weeks.

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List of data breaches and cyber attacks in February 2020 – 623 million records breached

IT Governance

At first glance, February appears to be a big improvement cyber security-wise compared to the start of the year. Ordinance Survey discovers breach of employee data (1,000). South Carolina-based United Health notifies patients of 2019 data breach (36). Transmit Security notifies customers of a cyber attack (unknown).

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CNIL Launches Public Consultation on Draft Standards on Data Processing for Managing Business Activities and Unpaid Invoices

Hunton Privacy

On November 29, 2018, the French Data Protection Authority (the “CNIL”) launched an online public consultation regarding two new CNIL draft standards (“Referentials”) concerning the processing of personal data to manage (1) business activities and (2) unpaid invoices. . Background.

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Assessing the Impact of the Barbados’ Proposed Data Protection Bill on the Barbadian Private Sector

Data Matters

The GDPR was designed to harmonize data protection laws across Europe and to protect EU residents’ data privacy rights; and, its coming triggered significant privacy and data protection compliance activities amongst organizations doing business in the EU and working with the personal data of EU residents.

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List of Data Breaches and Cyber Attacks in 2023

IT Governance

On this page, you will find all our usual information breaking down the month’s security incidents. So, each month, we’ll update this page with the latest figures and links, so be sure to bookmark it to keep an eye out for the latest data breach news. However, we’ve decided to consolidate our records onto a single page.