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Data Breaches and Cyber Attacks in October 2023 – 867,072,315 Records Breached

IT Governance

IT Governance’s research has discovered the following for October 2023: 114 publicly disclosed security incidents. Our monthly blogs will provide analysis of the data we’ve collected and we’ll continue to discuss the biggest breaches on our 2023 overview of publicly disclosed data breaches and cyber attacks.

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

IT Governance

9 million records breached through decade-long data leak A former temporary employee of a subsidiary of NTT West (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone West Corp) illegally accessed about 9 million personal data records over the course of a decade (2013 to 2023). Only 3 definitely haven’t had data breached.

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Connecticut Enacts Consumer Privacy Law

Hunton Privacy

The CTDPA exempts certain entities, including, for example, state and local government entities, nonprofits, higher education institutions, financial institutions subject to the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (“GLB”), and qualifying covered entities and business associates subject to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (“HIPAA”).

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

IT Governance

million customers’ data compromised Cyber criminals known as dawnofdevil have claimed responsibility for a data breach at Hathaway Cable & Datacom Ltd, one of India’s largest Internet service providers, in December 2023. Only 1 definitely hasn’t had data breached. They accessed 41.5 HealthEC LLC breached, almost 4.5

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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. In November 2023, Northwell Health – the largest health system in New York – confirmed that it was affected by the incident.

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What Is Encryption? Definition, How it Works, & Examples

eSecurity Planet

For example, The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) requires security features such as encryption to protect patients’ health information. The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) requires encryption or equivalent security measures to protect private student records.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: The Internet As A Pen Test

ForAllSecure

Chris Gray of Deep Watch talks about the view from the inside of a virtual SOC, the ability to see threats against a large number of SMB organizations, and the changes to cyber insurance we’re seeing as a result. VAMOSI: Cybersecurity insurance. cyber insurance as a whole was changing heavily. And why is that?