Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

educational nonprofit organization National Student Clearinghouse disclosed a data breach that impacted approximately 900 US schools. MOVEit Transfer is a file transfer tool used by many organizations, including the Clearinghouse, to support the transfer of data files.” We have also coordinated with law enforcement.

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Troy Hunt

JANUARY 29, 2024

That's the analogy I often use to describe the data breach "personal stash" ecosystem, but with one key difference: if you trade a baseball card then you no longer have the original card, but if you trade a data breach which is merely a digital file, it replicates.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

The State of Maine disclosed a data breach that impacted about 1.3 The State of Maine was the victim of the large-scale hacking campaign that targeted organizations using the MOVEit file transfer tool. The Government organization disclosed a data breach that impacted about 1.3 million individuals.

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Collaboration 2.0

JULY 31, 2024

Organizations that use AI and automation tools absorb less financial losses from a data breach, which sees the largest spike overall in four years.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Healthcare services provider Welltok disclosed a data breach that impacted nearly 8.5 It provides a platform that leverages data-driven insights to engage individuals in their health and well-being. The company disclosed a data breach that exposed the personal data of nearly 8.5 million patients in the U.S.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 9, 2022

CommonSpirit Health confirmed that the October security breach resulted in the exposure of the personal data of 623,774 patients. The security breach led to delayed surgeries, hold-ups in patient care and forced the chain to reschedule doctor appointments across the country. SecurityAffairs – hacking, data breach).

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Security Affairs

MARCH 18, 2024

” The company is reporting the impacted individuals and has notified the Personal Information Protection Commission in anticipation of a data breach. In May 2021, threat actors breached offices of multiple Japanese agencies after gaining access to projects using Fujitsu‘s ProjectWEB information-sharing tool.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 23, 2023

The recent Mailchimp data breach has impacted multiple organizations, some of them are already notifying their customers. The popular email marketing and newsletter platform Mailchimp recently disclosed a news data breach , the incident exposed the data of 133 customers. reads the notice published by the company.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 24, 2022

The company disclosed a data breach after threat actors have access to a limited subset of data stored in a compromised database. Exposed data includes emails, usernames, and encrypted passwords. According to the company, financial and payment data were not compromised because are not stored on its servers.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 12, 2021

McDonald’s fast-food chain disclosed a data breach, hackers have stolen information belonging to customers and employees from the US, South Korea, and Taiwan. The company states that only a small number of customers was impacted and their financial data was not exposed. SecurityAffairs – hacking, data breach ).

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Security Affairs

MAY 3, 2021

Which are the most common causes of a Data Breach and how to prevent It? Data breaches are highly damaging and equally embarrassing for businesses and consumers. If you look at Verizon’s 2020 Data Breach Investigations Report, you can find some of the most common causes of data breaches.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 26, 2021

Mercedes-Benz USA disclosed a data breach that impacted 1.6 million customers, exposed data includes financial data and social security numbers (SSNs). Mercedes-Benz USA disclosed on Friday a data breach that impacted some of its customers and potential vehicle buyers. The incident exposed approximately 1.6

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 7, 2021

The website, and publisher of books, courses and articles for web developers, SitePoint discloses a data breach that impacted 1M users. The company has disclosed a data breach and notified its users via email. The total volume of data available for sale is composed of 368.8 Pierluigi Paganini.

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IT Governance

JANUARY 9, 2023

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. That represents an 14.8%

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IT Governance

JANUARY 1, 2019

There are few things organisations fear more than data breaches. The stakes were raised with the enforcement of the EU GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) in May 2018. GDPR Data Breach Support Service. Data Flow Mapping Tool. To do this, you will need to conduct regular data flow maps.

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Data Breach Today

OCTOBER 23, 2019

Al Pascual, former head of fraud and security practices at Javelin Strategy & Research, has taken on a new role as COO of a start-up company, Breach Clarity, which is offering consumers a free tool to determine the severity and implications of a data breach and what steps they should take to mitigate risk.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 29, 2023

Australia’s gambling and entertainment giant Crown Resorts, disclosed a data breach caused by the exploitation of recently discovered GoAnywhere zero-day. Australian casino giant Crown Resorts disclosed a data breach after the attack of the Cl0p ransomware group.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 8, 2018

There are few things organisations fear more than data breaches. The stakes were raised with the introduction of the EU GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) in May 2018. An effective cyber incident response programme helps organisations prepare for and respond to data breaches. Data Flow Mapping Tool.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 21, 2021

The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released guidance on how to prevent data breaches resulting from ransomware attacks. “All organizations are at risk of falling victim to a ransomware incident and are responsible for protecting sensitive and personal data stored on their systems.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 19, 2021

At the start of this week, word got out that hackers claimed to have seized personal data for as many as 100 million T-Mobile patrons. Once more, a heavily protected enterprise network has been pillaged by data thieves. it’s notable that T-Mobile only learned about the breach when the data went up for sale.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 12, 2023

In February, the Clop ransomware group claimed to have stolen sensitive data from over 130 organizations by exploiting a zero-day vulnerability ( CVE-2023-0669 ) in Fortra’s GoAnywhere MFT secure file transfer tool. ITx began notifying potentially affected data owners on April 11, 2023.”

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 8, 2022

Communications company Twilio discloses a data breach after threat actors have stolen employee credentials in an SMS phishing attack. Communications company Twilio discloses a data breach, threat actors had access to the data of some of its customers. SecurityAffairs – hacking, data breach).

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 3, 2020

2020 Cost of a Data Breach Report: the global total cost of a data breach averaged $3.86 Every year, I write about the annual report published by the Ponemon Institute on the cost of a data breach, it is a very interesting study that explores the economic impact of a “data breach.”.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 17, 2021

Cybersecurity research at WizCase, an online security and privacy portal, built a tool to track accessible ElasticSearch servers on the internet. Cybersecurity research at WizCase, an online security and privacy portal, developed a tool that allows track accessible ElasticSearch servers on the Internet. Pierluigi Paganini.

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IT Governance

JANUARY 5, 2024

For instance, a two-month Europol action (revealed to the public on 22 December) discovered that 443 organisations had suffered data breaches – specifically, their customers’ payment card data had been compromised. This blog provides analysis of the data we’ve collected. We log this as 41 incidents.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JUNE 3, 2024

Data Defense: Leveraging SaaS Security Tools madhav Tue, 06/04/2024 - 05:15 The Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) market has burgeoned in recent years, driven by its convenience, scalability, and cost-effectiveness. This can lead to fragmentation of data and growing complexity in ensuring security and compliance.

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Security Affairs

MAY 28, 2023

Swiss electrification and automation technology giant ABB confirmed it has suffered a data breach after a ransomware attack. According to a press release published by the company, threat actors had unauthorized access to certain ABB systems, deployed a ransomware payload, and stole certain data. billion in revenue for 2022.

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Data Matters

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Death, taxes and data breaches. These threats lead to direct costs on victims, and these costs have also grown exponentially in recent years, as readers of the famed annual Ponemon data breach report well know. In 2021, the average total cost of a data breach rose to $4.24

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IT Governance

AUGUST 5, 2020

According to IBM’s Cost of a Data Breach Report 2020 , when the majority of employees work from home, the cost of a data breaches increased by $137,000 (£104,000). That’s a significant figure, but a relatively low percentage of the overall cost of a data breach, which is £3.9 million in data breach costs.

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IT Governance

APRIL 27, 2021

Too often, organisations fall into the trap of thinking that cyber security is only about preventing data breaches. Their budget is dedicated to anti-malware software, firewalls, staff awareness training and a host of other tools designed to prevent sensitive information falling into the wrong people’s hands. Patch management.

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Hunton Privacy

JULY 8, 2019

On July 1, 2019, the Dutch Data Protection Authority ( Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens , (the “Dutch DPA”)) announced that it had expanded its guidance on data breaches. The updates aim to answer questions about data breaches received by the Dutch DPA from organizations since 2016.

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IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

million) recovering from security incidents, according to Ponemon Institute’s Cost of a Data Breach Report 2020. The report also notes that 52% of data breaches are caused by cyber attacks, and that malware is the costliest form of attack, with organisations spending $4.52 Organisations spend $3.86 million (about £2.9

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IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Detecting data breaches has always been a challenge. Of course, technical vulnerabilities aren’t the only causes of data breaches. Human error is regularly found to be the most common reason for security and data breaches. But what can you do when data moves beyond your systems?

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 12, 2024

It safeguards data by authenticating users and devices, controlling access to data and resources, and following regulatory requirements. This security approach protects against common threats like data breaches, DDoS assaults, viruses, hackers, and unauthorized access in cloud environments. Deploy data discovery tools.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 12, 2024

disclosed today that a new data breach has exposed phone call and text message records for roughly 110 million people — nearly all of its customers. “In assessing the nature of the breach, all parties discussed a potential delay to public reporting under Item 1.05(c) AT&T Corp.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 2, 2022

Chipmaker giant Nvidia confirmed a data breach after the recently disclosed security incident, proprietary information stolen. The security breach is not connected to the ongoing crisis in Ukraine, according to a person familiar with the incident. With this they were able to connect to a [virtual machine] we use.

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Security Affairs

JULY 15, 2024

Wired attributes the recently disclosed AT&T data breach to a hacker living in Turkey and reported the company paid a $370,000 ransom. An American hacker who lives in Turkey claimed responsibility for the recently disclosed AT&T data breach. reads the Form 8-K filling with the SEC. ” reported Wired.

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