Security Affairs

AUGUST 14, 2024

Kootenai Health suffered a data breach impacting over 464,000 patients following a 3AM ransomware attack. Kootenai Health disclosed a data breach impacting over 464,088 patients following the leak of their personal information by the ThreeAM (3AM) ransomware gang. ” reads the data breach notification letter.

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Troy Hunt

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

As it relates to the UK GDPR, there are two essential concepts to understand, and they're the first two bulleted items in their personal data breaches guide : The UK GDPR introduces a duty on all organisations to report certain personal data breaches to the relevant supervisory authority.

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Data Protection Report

OCTOBER 31, 2023

On 12 October 2023, the Government introduced the Information Privacy and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2023 ( Bill ) to Queensland Parliament which, amongst other things, establishes a mandatory data breach notification scheme ( MDBN Scheme ) in Queensland.

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Data Breach Today

AUGUST 27, 2021

Meanwhile, Breaches Involving Military Secrets and CCTV Footage Beset UK Government Phishing, ransomware and unauthorized access remain the leading causes of personal data breaches as well as violations of data protection rules, Britain's privacy watchdog reports.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 26, 2024

Media reported [ 1 , 2 ] that the company is notifying millions of current and former members of a data breach. Exposed data does not include usernames, passwords, Social Security Numbers (SSNs), and financial data. The exposed data included names, medical records, dates of service, and lab test results.

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IG Guru

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

The post Maine government says data breach affects 1.3 Check out the article here. million residents via TechCrunch first appeared on IG GURU.

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Data Breach Today

JUNE 23, 2021

a global provider of government health data services, says a data breach exposed the personal information of more than 334,000 Medicaid healthcare providers nationwide. Maximus Corp. Says Personal Information Exposed in Unauthorized Access to App Maximus Corp.,

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 31, 2023

Multinational mass media conglomerate Paramount Global suffered a data breach after an unauthorized party accessed files from certain of its systems. Multinational mass media conglomerate Paramount Global disclosed a data breach. The notification pointed out that types of affected personal information vary by individual.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 8, 2024

Greylock McKinnon Associates, a service provider for the Department of Justice, suffered a data breach that exposed data of 341650 people. GMA disclosed a data breach that impacted medicare and other information belonging to 5465 people. ” reads the data breach notification.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 6, 2024

Law firm Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe disclosed a data breach that took place in early 2023, which impacted roughly 600,000 individuals. The law firm Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, disclosed a data breach that impacted 638,000 individuals. ” reads the data breach notification.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 16, 2024

Unemployment agency France Travail (Pôle Emploi) recently suffered a data breach that could impact 43 million people. On August 2023, the French government employment agency Pôle emploi suffered a data breach and notified 10 million individuals impacted by the security breach.

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Data Matters

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Uber hired Sullivan as its first Chief Security Officer (“CSO”) following a data breach in September 2014 related to the unauthorized access of approximately 50,000 consumers’ personal information, including their names and drivers’ license numbers. But, as prosecutors alleged, those attestations were false. Prosecutors from the U.S.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 23, 2023

Mobile virtual network operator Mint Mobile suffered a new data breach, threat actors had access to customers’ personal information. Mint Mobile experienced a recent data breach, exposing customers’ personal information to unauthorized access by threat actors.

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Data Breach Today

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Home Affairs Minister Clare O'Neil Dings Cybersecurity Law as 'Bloody Useless' The Australian government says it will centralize its approach to securing federal agencies by appointing a coordinator to head the new National Office for Cyber Security within the Department of Home Affairs.

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IT Governance

JULY 7, 2022

This week, we discuss new NCSC guidance on avoiding cyber security “staff burnout”, a data breach affecting a Japanese city’s entire population, good news for the ransomware-hit Maastricht University, and the privacy implications of the metaverse.

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The Guardian Data Protection

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

The mass data breach, discovered by Guardian Australia in 2014 , resulted in information being used, in some cases, to allegedly threaten asylum seekers , or persecute and even jail their family members.

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Troy Hunt

MARCH 6, 2024

Back in 2018, we started making Have I Been Pwned domain searches freely available to national government cybersecurity agencies responsible for protecting their nations' online infrastructure. This access now provides them with complete access to the exposure of their government domains in data breaches.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 4, 2024

US cancer center City of Hope suffered a data breach that impacted 800,000 individuals, personal and health information was compromised. City of Hope suffered a data breach, the organization started notifying 827149 individuals that their personal and health information was compromised. medical record number).”

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 26, 2023

On August 10, 2023, the Japanese maker of watches Seiko disclosed a data breach following a cyber attack. Seiko Group Corporation (hereinafter referred to as “the Company” or “we”) has confirmed that on July 28th of this year, the Company suffered a possible data breach.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Taiwanese manufacturer D-Link confirmed a data breach after a threat actor offered for sale on BreachForums stolen data. The global networking equipment and technology company D-Link confirmed a data breach after a threat actor earlier this month offered for sale on the BreachForums platform the stolen data.

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Security Affairs

MAY 8, 2024

The UK Ministry of Defense disclosed a data breach at a third-party payroll system that exposed data of armed forces personnel and veterans. The UK Ministry of Defense disclosed a data breach impacting a third-party payroll system that exposed data of approximately 272,000 armed forces personnel and veterans.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 9, 2023

Kentucky health system Norton Healthcare disclosed a data breach after it was a victim of a ransomware attack in May. Norton Healthcare disclosed a data breach after a ransomware attack that hit the organization on May 9, 2023. Norton Healthcare is offering impacted individuals two years of credit monitoring.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 2, 2023

The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) disclosed a data breach, threat actors had access to a database of its users. ” reads the data breach notification published by the European Telecommunications Standards Institute. Transparency is at the root of ETSI, in our governance and technical work.

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Data Breach Today

OCTOBER 24, 2024

This week, the Nigerian government dropped charges on Binance executive Tigran Gambaryan, an Indian hacker faces five years in prison for stealing $20 million, a $4.5M Tapioca DAO exploit, Transak data breach.

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IT Governance

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

29,530,829,012 known records breached so far in 4,645 publicly disclosed incidents Welcome to our 2024 data breaches and cyber attacks page, where you can find an overview of the year’s top security incidents, the most breached sectors of 2024, month-on-month trends, links to our monthly reports, and much more.

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Hunton Privacy

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Patrick Gunning from King & Wood Mallesons reports that, on November 2, 2023, the Australian Information Commissioner filed proceedings in the Federal Court of Australia against Australian Clinical Labs Limited seeking a civil penalty ( i.e. , a fine) in connection with the company’s response to a data breach that occurred in February 2022.

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IT Governance

JUNE 1, 2023

Welcome to our new-look list of data breaches and cyber attacks. 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. His research also revealed that the stolen data contains 305 lines of data, including 74.4

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Schneier on Security

OCTOBER 26, 2022

After suffering two large, and embarrassing, data breaches in recent weeks, the Australian government increased the fine for serious data breaches from $2.2 The problem is one of incentives, and Australia has now increased the incentive for companies to secure the personal data or their users and customers.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 26, 2023

Pôle emploi, the French government employment agency suffered a data breach that impacted 10 million individuals. The French government employment agency Pôle emploi suffered a data breach and is notifying 10 million individuals impacted by the security breach.

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Data Breach Today

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Series of Breaches Occurred Over a Two-Year Period Data breaches at Canadian government agencies exposed the personal information of approximately 144,000 citizens over a two-year period, according to a news report.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 5, 2023

IT Governance found 74 publicly disclosed security incidents in September 2023, accounting for 3.81 billion breached data records. In previous months, we’ve distinguished between cyber attacks, data breaches, ransomware attacks, and malicious insiders and miscellaneous incidents. billion data records exposed.

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Data Breach Today

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

Marriott's Starwood Mega-Breach Drives Data Protection Update Driven by Marriott's Starwood mega-breach, California lawmakers are pushing legislation that would expand the state's pioneering data breach notification requirements to include breaches of biometric data and all types of government identification numbers, including passports.

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IT Governance

MARCH 5, 2024

Free PDF download: Data Breach Dashboard For a quick, one-page overview of this month’s findings, please use our Data Breach Dashboard : Note: To make these numbers as informative as possible, we’ve used the non-MOAB figures for January. This blog provides further analysis of the data we’ve collected.

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Data Breach Today

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Top Tier Capital, HarbourVest Support Concentric's Path to Autonomous Data Security Supported by Top Tier Capital Partners and HarbourVest Partners, Concentric AI’s $45 million Series B funding round will drive product innovation in identity governance, risk monitoring and data breach investigation - critical areas for enterprises seeking resilient (..)

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Troy Hunt

MARCH 28, 2022

Data breaches impact us all as individuals, companies and as governments. Over the last 4 years, I've been providing additional access to data breach information in Have I Been Pwned for government agencies responsible for protecting their citizens.

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Troy Hunt

MARCH 12, 2024

Over the last 6 years, we've been very happy to welcome dozens of national governments to have unhindered access to their domains in Have I Been Pwned , free from cost and manual verification barriers.

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IT Governance

JUNE 1, 2023

IT Governance found 98 publicly disclosed security incidents in May 2023, accounting for 98,226,877 breached records. You can find the full list below, divided into four categories: cyber attacks, ransomware, data breaches, and malicious insiders and miscellaneous incidents.

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