Krebs on Security

APRIL 7, 2022

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) says it has disrupted a giant botnet built and operated by a Russian government intelligence unit known for launching destructive cyberattacks against energy infrastructure in the United States and Ukraine. energy facilities. billion euros in 2020 alone. Dragonfly 2.0, ” HYDRA.

Marketing 304

Marketing Energy and Utilities Ransomware Blockchain 304

Security Affairs

JULY 1, 2021

US and UK cybersecurity agencies said today that a Russian military cyber unit has been behind a series of brute-force attacks that have targeted the cloud IT resources of government and private sector companies across the world. and foreign organizations using brute force access to penetrate government and private sector victim networks.”

Energy and Utilities 251

Energy and Utilities Military Cybersecurity Cloud 251

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

K-Electric (KE) (formerly known as Karachi Electric Supply Company / Karachi Electric Supply Corporation Limited) is a Pakistani investor-owned utility managing all three key stages – generation, transmission and distribution – of producing and delivering energy to consumers. and foreign government organizations.

Ransomware 362

Ransomware Energy and Utilities Passwords Access 362

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Today, additional criminal charges against Kondratyev were unsealed in the Northern District of California related to his deployment in 2020 of ransomware against a victim located in California.” on January 5, 2020. In 2022, LockBit was one of the most active ransomware groups, and its prevalence continued into 2023.

Energy and Utilities 332

Energy and Utilities Ransomware Manufacturing Agriculture 332

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 13, 2021

Data Encryption Shields the Energy Sector Against Emerging Threats. The energy sector is part of the critical national infrastructure (CNI), and delivers services that are essential for modern life. Energy services companies are a lucrative target for adversaries. Wed, 01/13/2021 - 09:42. Cybersecurity challenges. A recent U.S.

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Encryption Energy and Utilities Compliance Marketing 102

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 30, 2021

The man was arrested at the end of August at the Seoul international airport, he has remained stuck in the Asian country since February 2020 due to the COVID-19 lockdown imposed by the local government and the cancelation of international travel. Targets included hospitals, schools, public utilities, and governments.

Energy and Utilities 273

Energy and Utilities Ransomware Agriculture Government 273

IT Governance

APRIL 2, 2020

South African utility provider Eskom is still feeling effects of a cyber security incident (unknown). Australia’s Alinta Energy accused of putting customers’ sensitive information at risk (unknown). Dutch government loses two external hard drive containing personal data (6.9 Data breaches. School District (+24).

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Data breaches Ransomware Energy and Utilities Phishing 143

CGI

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

Strategize your next move to become a utilities leader, delivering value at scale and pace. Mon, 02/03/2020 - 01:59. Additionally, utilities leaders say their IT investments have increased, and they have moved beyond progressing with discrete digital projects, such as mobile applications.

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Energy and Utilities Retail Digital transformation Analytics 92

IT Governance

JANUARY 4, 2021

What else would you expect from the final month of 2020 than the highest number of publicly disclosed incidents we’ve ever recorded? That brings the total for 2020 to more than 20 billion. We logged 134 security incidents in December, which accounted for 148,354,955 breached records. Financial information. In other news….

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Data breaches Ransomware Energy and Utilities Computer and Electronics 116

Krebs on Security

JULY 27, 2020

For 2020, the company estimates an overall 258 percent spike in the crime. To prove ownership over the hijacked firms, they hire low-wage image editors online to help fabricate and/or modify a number of official documents tied to the business — including tax records and utility bills. ” PHANTOM OFFICES.

Energy and Utilities 363

Energy and Utilities Computer and Electronics Insurance Risk 363

CGI

JUNE 4, 2020

Key strategies and technologies to help utilities respond to a “storm” never seen before. For more than three decades, I served at a leading electric utility, responding to numerous storms to keep the lights on for customers and to support critical infrastructure. COVID-19 considerations and how technology can help.

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Energy and Utilities Communications Mining Risk 52

eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

billion in reported losses, up from 2020’s 791,790 complaints and $4.2 Energy and utility companies have been some of the most high-profile cyber attacks in recent memory, such as the May 2021 Colonial Pipeline attack or the Delta-owned Monroe Energy attack in November 2021. billion in reported losses.

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Energy and Utilities Phishing Blockchain Cybersecurity 121

Data Matters

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Congratulations to our 30 colleagues, including Kate Heinzelman and Tomoki Ishiara , for their election to the Sidley Austin partnership , effective January 1, 2020. Her practice focuses on investigations, counseling, and litigation on technology, privacy, and regulatory matters, particularly in the healthcare and life sciences sectors.

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Energy and Utilities Privacy Financial Services Data Privacy 78

Data Matters

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Congratulations to our 30 colleagues, including Kate Heinzelman and Tomoki Ishiara , for their election to the Sidley Austin partnership , effective January 1, 2020. Her practice focuses on investigations, counseling, and litigation on technology, privacy, and regulatory matters, particularly in the healthcare and life sciences sectors.

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Energy and Utilities Privacy Financial Services Data Privacy 15

IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

In a month that saw the former US president accused of misappropriating classified government documents, there were also a spate of malicious insiders compromising their employer’s systems. If you’re facing a cyber security disaster, IT Governance is here to help. announces security breach (unknown) The Country Club at Woodfield, Inc.

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Data breaches Ransomware Energy and Utilities Government 116

CGI

OCTOBER 31, 2018

Utilities Digital Journey Insights (Part 3): Data, the new “digital capital” - Going beyond the hype of advanced analytics and AI. This series of blog posts builds on the 2018 CGI Client Global Insights, providing insights into how utilities are making progress toward digital transformation. So where do utilities stand?

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Energy and Utilities Analytics Digital transformation Customer Experience 40

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 21, 2022

Security breaches in this sector can be incredibly disruptive to society and are attracting considerable attention from governments and regulatory bodies around the world. The threat of attacks against Critical National Infrastructure (CNI) – energy, utilities, telecommunications, and transportation – is now front of mind for many.

Energy and Utilities 71

Energy and Utilities Ransomware IoT Risk 71

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Electric grid utilities are deploying smart meters to better correspond to consumers energy demands while lowering costs. Tue, 02/16/2021 - 16:33. Digital technology and connected IoT devices have proliferated across industries and into our daily lives.

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IoT Manufacturing Energy and Utilities Encryption 96

eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

federal government is actively seeking opportunities to assist private and public organizations in meeting the cyber challenges of today. from 2020) Cybersecurity products and service providers are inserting AI and ML into security capabilities to meet attacks of growing complexity U.S. Also read: Mobile Malware: Threats and Solutions.

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Risk Cybersecurity IoT Computer and Electronics 137

IBM Big Data Hub

JUNE 10, 2024

billion chips within a single quarter of 2020, or roughly 900 CPUs for each second of that entire quarter. Companies will become more focused on energy-efficient solutions as energy costs rise. As an example of what such a monumental number means from a different perspective, chip manufacturer Ar m claimed to have shipped 7.3

Computer and Electronics 64

Computer and Electronics Energy and Utilities Manufacturing Analytics 64

IT Governance

JANUARY 30, 2024

Compromised data includes victims’ names, addresses, phone numbers and Aadhaar numbers (a 12-digit government identification number). It remains unclear how the data breach occurred, but the attackers apparently suggested it was the result of “exploiting vulnerabilities within government databases of telecommunication systems”.

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Data Privacy Retail Privacy Manufacturing 52

Info Source

DECEMBER 8, 2023

The lack of Telecoms infrastructure and digital skill development presents a hurdle; however, where investments by local government or overarching organisations close the gap, they will enable in particular economies with young populations. The Public Sector, which consists of Federal, State and Local Government (incl.

Marketing 40

Marketing Customer Experience Energy and Utilities Digital transformation 40

Robert's Db2

OCTOBER 26, 2010

It's expected that by 2020 that number will be around 35 zettabytes (a zettabyte is 1 sextillion bytes, or a billion terabytes). Robert was joined on stage by IT executives from Visa International (Mike Dreyer) and CenterPoint Energy (Steve Pratt). That's a 44X increase in 11 years. on an application basis).

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Energy and Utilities Analytics Access IT 48

Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

The West has promised tougher sanctions are coming, but experts warn these will almost certainly trigger a Russian retaliation against America and its allies, which could escalate into cyber attacks on Western financial institutions and energy infrastructure. ” What kinds of attacks are experts most concerned about?

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Energy and Utilities Ransomware Cybersecurity Security 310

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

AUGUST 12, 2024

The Critical Infrastructure edition of the 2024 Thales Data Threat Report highlights the threats that businesses in the Energy, Utilities, Telecom, Transportation, and Logistics sectors face. According to the International Energy Agency , these attacks at least doubled across most sectors between 2020 and 2022.

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Cybersecurity Energy and Utilities Digital transformation Compliance 62

erwin

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

Prashant Parikh, erwin’s Senior Vice President of Software Engineering, talks about erwin’s vision to automate every aspect of the data governance journey to increase speed to insights. The clear benefit is that data stewards spend less time building and populating the data governance framework and more time realizing value and ROI from it.

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Government Metadata Energy and Utilities Artificial Intelligence 97

AIIM

MARCH 4, 2022

Electric utilities in the United States are a major source of CO2 – they created 1.55 billion metric tons of it in 2020. And according to the US Energy Information Agency, consumption is expected to grow by 50% by the year 2050. To get greener, electric utilities must digitally transform. Artificial Intelligence.

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Content services Digital transformation Energy and Utilities Cloud 104

The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Cyberattacks against healthcare entities rose 45 percent between November 2020 and January 2021, according to Check Point. Meanwhile, the healthcare sector accounted for 79 percent of all reported data breaches during the first 10 months of 2020, a study by Fortified Health Security tells us. Promoting best practices.

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Energy and Utilities Security Compliance Cybersecurity 196

John Battelle's Searchblog

DECEMBER 27, 2023

AI is driven by data, and as a society we’re not particularly good at structuring, governing, or sharing data. That means all the negative energy, regulatory scrutiny, and consumer ick once reserved for Facebook and Google will turn its gaze westward to Cupertino. Enterprise Data Moves Beyond Marketing. Happy 2024!

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Marketing Energy and Utilities Big data B2B 121

Security Affairs

JANUARY 14, 2020

Russia-linked cyber-espionage group hacked the Ukrainian energy company Burisma at the center of the impeachment trial of US President Donald Trump. “This report details an ongoing Russian government phishing campaign targeting the email credentials of employees at Burisma Holdings and its subsidiaries and partners.

Energy and Utilities 244

Energy and Utilities Phishing Military Authentication 244

AIIM

JANUARY 30, 2020

there is still much debate over providing a private right of action for individuals (versus just government agencies) to sue over unethical AI. government are making strides towards AI fairness. government are working towards eliminating AI bias, others are seemingly working just as hard, if not harder, in the opposite direction.

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Artificial Intelligence Energy and Utilities Government GDPR 134