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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 5 – 11 February 2024

IT Governance

Compromised data includes policyholders’ and their families’ civil status, dates of birth and social security numbers, as well as the name of their health insurer and information relating to their contracts. Data breached: >33,000,000 people’s data. Data breached: 19,718,687 records.

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List of data breaches and cyber attacks in May 2022 – 49.8 million records breached

IT Governance

Welcome to our May 2022 review of data breaches and cyber attacks. We identified 77 security incidents during the month, resulting in 49,782,129 compromised records. Meanwhile, be sure to subscribe to our Weekly Round-up to receive the latest cyber security news and advice delivered straight to your inbox.

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Second Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Data Breach Class Action on Article III Standing Grounds

Hunton Privacy

As reported on the Hunton Retail Law Blog , on April 26, 2021, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed the dismissal on Article III standing grounds of a data breach class action predicated on an alleged increased risk of identity theft. 19-4310, 2021 WL 1603808 (2d Cir. McMorris v.

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2022 Cyber Security Review of the Year

IT Governance

Although there have still been a few surprises, with the death of Queen Elizabeth II and blazing heatwaves across the UK to name but two, it was a familiar year in the cyber security landscape. Cyber criminals continued to wreak havoc, with the likes of Twitter , Uber and Neopets all reporting mammoth data breaches.

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 20 – 26 November 2023

IT Governance

Most of the leaked data is company information and emails, but includes employee names, phone numbers, employment contract numbers and emails, as well as email attachments, metadata and other sensitive information that could be exploited in supply chain attacks. The dashboard was first spotted in June 2021.

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Data Breaches and Cyber Attacks in 2022: 408 Million Breached Records

IT Governance

Welcome to our review of security incidents for 2022, in which we take a closer look at the information gathered in our monthly lists of data breaches and cyber attacks. IT Governance discovered 1,063 security incidents in 2022, which accounted for 480,014,323 breached records. How security incidents occurred.

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Catches of the Month: Phishing Scams for July 2022

IT Governance

Welcome to our July 2022 review of phishing attacks, in which we explore the latest email scams and the tactics that cyber criminals use to trick people into handing over their personal data. Although many people are enticed into NFTs because the market is unregulated, that also creates major security risks. It found that 23.6%

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