IT Governance

MAY 2, 2024

IT Governance’s research found the following for April 2024: 652 publicly disclosed security incidents. 5,336,840,757 records known to be breached. This blog provides further analysis of the data we’ve collected. Top 10 biggest breaches Note: Where ‘around’, ‘about’, etc. Data breached: 4,186,879,104 messages.

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IT Governance

JULY 1, 2021

We found a comparatively low 9,780,931 breached records from publicly disclosed security incidents in June 2021. It’s simply the case that in the majority of cases, the breached organisation didn’t reveal how much data was compromised, either because it didn’t know or wasn’t obliged to reveal it publicly. Data breaches.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Change Healthcare says it has notified approximately 100 million Americans that their personal, financial and healthcare records may have been stolen in a February 2024 ransomware attack that caused the largest ever known data breach of protected health information. which suffered a data breach in 2015 affecting 78.8

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 20, 2020

Mitsubishi Electric disclosed a security breach that might have exposed personal and confidential corporate information. Mitsubishi Electric disclosed a security breach that might have exposed personal and confidential corporate data. ” reported the Asahi Shimbun. ” reported the Asahi Shimbun.

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Data breaches Computer and Electronics Government Manufacturing 145

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Holiday Shopping Readiness: How is Retail Data Security Holding Up? Retailers have been prepping for this season all year and are ready to provide a safe, secure, and seamless customer shopping experience. According to a recent study, the average cost of a retail data breach in 2024 is reported to be $3.48

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IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

You’ll often see the terms cyber security and information security used interchangeably. In this blog, we explain what information security and cyber security are, the differences between them and how they fit into your data protection practices. What is information security? This is cyber security.

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IT Governance

MAY 4, 2021

It was another busy month in the cyber security sector, as we discovered 143 incidents that resulted in 1,098,897,134 breached records. Ransomware was again one of the biggest contributors to that total, accounting for almost one in three data breaches. Data breaches. Cyber attacks. Ransomware.

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Data Matters

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

On December 3, 2018, twelve attorneys general (“AGs”) jointly filed a data breach lawsuit against Medical Informatics Engineering and its subsidiary, NoMoreClipboard LLC (collectively “the Company”), an electronic health records company, in federal district court in Indiana. See Indiana v. Informatics Eng’g, Inc. , filed Dec.

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Data breaches Computer and Electronics Security Insurance 82

The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

10, 2024, CyberNewsWire — Seventh Sense , a pioneer in advanced cybersecurity solutions, announces the launch of SenseCrypt , a revolutionary new platform that sets a new standard in secure, privacy-preserving identity verification. Singapore, Sept.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 21, 2024

Cybersecurity laws and regulations encompass a range of legal requirements designed to protect information systems and data from cyber threats. These laws aim to establish standards for securing data, ensuring privacy, and mitigating risks associated with digital information. What are Federal Cybersecurity Regulations?

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 4, 2021

CryptoAgility to take advantage of Quantum Computing. The same goes with the advent of Quantum Computing , which is supposed to bring exponential computing power that shall not only bring endless benefits but also raises question marks on the current state of cryptography that is the bedrock of all information security as we know today.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

Magecart hackers have stolen customers’ credit card data from the computer hardware and consumer electronics retailer Newegg. The Magecart cybercrime group is back, this time the hackers have stolen customers’ credit card data from the computer hardware and consumer electronics retailer Newegg.

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Retail Computer and Electronics Data breaches Security 104

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 29, 2022

The Lake Charles Memorial Health System (LCMHS) disclosed a data breach that affected almost 270,000 patients at its medical centers. The security breach took place on October 21, 2022, when the internal security team detected unusual activity on its computer network. Social Security numbers (in some cases).

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IT Governance

JULY 12, 2019

Digital Guardian recently asked a group of cyber security experts what the most important step is following a data breach. So how should you approach a data breach investigation? This might be, for example,the victim’s computer, a web page or a physical space in which documents were compromised.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 16, 2024

The Scranton School District is working with third-party forensic specialists to investigate the security breach and restore impacted systems. The attack is causing a temporary disruption to some of our computer systems and services. ” reported The Time Tribune. ” reported The Time Tribune.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Taiwanese electronics technology giant Acer discloses a security breach suffered by its after-sales service systems in India after an isolated attack. Bad news for the Taiwanese electronics technology giant Acer, it disclosed a second security breach this year. SecurityAffairs – hacking, cyber security).

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

A ransomware outbreak has besieged a Wisconsin based IT company that provides cloud data hosting, security and access management to more than 100 nursing homes across the United States. VCPI) provides IT consulting, Internet access, data storage and security services to some 110 nursing homes and acute-care facilities in 45 states.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Olsen, the Assistant Attorney General for National Security; and James Smith, the Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), announced today that JOSHUA ADAM SCHULTE was sentenced to 40 years in prison by U.S. District Judge Jesse M.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 31, 2022

The Snatch ransomware group claims to have hacked HENSOLDT France, a company specializing in military and defense electronics. HENSOLDT is a company specializing in military and defense electronics. The company develops specific electronics solutions and offers dedicated COTS solutions for hazardous environments.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 26, 2021

The Future of Payments Security. Even when banking organizations are upgrading security posture to safeguard sensitive financial information, hackers can steal the data intelligently by tying known vulnerabilities together, and making it turn out to be a potential attack. Securing digital transactions. Stolen credentials.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 7, 2021

” The AO declined to comment on specific questions about their breach disclosure. Nicholas Weaver , a lecturer at the computer science department at University of California, Berkeley, said the court document system doesn’t hold documents that are classified for national security reasons.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Rather than posting the usual long list of data breaches and cyber attacks, I’ve decided to go down a new route. It’s been the usual mix of data breaches this month, with lots of mistakes being made and lots of ransoms being paid. The law will apply to consumer electronics from 2020. Buckets of thumb drives”.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Rather than posting the usual long list of data breaches and cyber attacks, I’ve decided to go down a new route. It’s been the usual mix of data breaches this month, with lots of mistakes being made and lots of ransoms being paid. The law will apply to consumer electronics from 2020. Buckets of thumb drives”.

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Data breaches Computer and Electronics Passwords Insurance 103

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 28, 2024

The charges being pursued by investigators include criminal conspiracy for unauthorized access to computer systems, illegal interception, falsification of electronic communications, disclosure of confidential information, aiding and abetting, and extortion. ” reads a statement from a lawyer for Del Vecchio.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 9, 2023

Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free for you in your email box. A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! billion rubles.

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Security Computer and Electronics Ransomware Marketing 98

eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Application security is the practice of securing software and data from hackers, whether that application comes from a third party or was developed in house, regardless of where it resides or how it’s accessed. How Does Application Security Work? What Are the Types of Application Security?

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Security Affairs

APRIL 21, 2019

The best news of the week with Security Affairs. Romanian duo convicted of fraud Scheme infecting 400,000 computers. Security Affairs newsletter Round 209 – News of the week. Gnosticplayers round 5 – 65 Million+ fresh accounts from 6 security breaches available for sale. Kindle Edition. Paper Copy.

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Hunton Privacy

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

The case arose from a data breach in which criminals accessed UPMC’s computer systems and stole the personal and financial information of 62,000 current and former UPMC employees. The court explained that it was not creating a new, affirmative duty.

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eDiscovery Daily

APRIL 7, 2019

When I spoke at the University of Florida E-Discovery Conference last month, there was a question from the live stream audience about a lawyer’s duty to disclose a data breach within his or her law firm. When a breach is discovered, the ABA Opinion finds that the duty of competence under Model Rule 1.1 No exceptions*.

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Data Protection Report

JUNE 28, 2023

This briefing looks at the Regulator’s draft General Code and its recent statement in response to a highly publicised pensions data breach and sets out some actions trustees should consider taking to protect their schemes from this increasing risk. Cybersecurity – why is it essential? The introduction of a virus or malware.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 23, 2018

The best news of the week with Security Affairs. Google Android team found high severity flaw in Honeywell Android-based handheld computers. Magecart cybercrime group stole customers credit cards from Newegg electronics retailer. US State Department confirms data breach to unclassified email system. 20% discount.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Payment gateway provider Slim CD disclosed a data breach, credit card and personal data of almost 1.7 The electronic payment gateway Slim CD disclosed a data breach following a cyberattack. Personal data and credit card details of 1,693,000 individuals were compromised.

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Data breaches Computer and Electronics Personal data Access 141

eDiscovery Daily

JANUARY 10, 2019

Just as the number of data breaches continues to rise, the number of lawsuits over data breaches continues to rise as well. Chances are that your data has been hacked at some point from at least one company with which you do business. But this lawsuit is unique. million US citizens. million US citizens.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 15, 2023

.” The Snatch ransomware was first spotted at the end of 2019, Sophos researchers discovered a piece of the Snatch ransomware that reboots computers it infects into Safe Mode to bypass resident security solutions. HENSOLDT is a company specializing in military and defense electronics.

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OneHub

JULY 27, 2021

Devices and software that are up to date provide data protection, improved functionality, and helpful integrations. To improve security. When a software company identifies a vulnerability and finds a solution, they release a security patch to fix it. Data breaches. Why do companies issue software updates?

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 18, 2024

There has been a 239% rise in hacking-related data breaches and a 278% surge in ransomware attacks between January 1, 2018, and September 30, 2023. million records were breached, marking a bad year for data security. The largest breach of 2023 affected 11.27 In 2021, 45.9 2022 was even worse, with 51.9

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Krebs on Security

JULY 24, 2018

The email allowed the intruders to install malware on the victim’s PC and to compromise a second computer at the bank that had access to the STAR Network , a system run by financial industry giant First Data that the bank uses to handle debit card transactions for customers. Between Jan.

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