Data Breach Today

AUGUST 21, 2024

Why the Benefits Far Outweigh the Risks Today's workforce is increasingly insisting on having employer-provided education and development opportunities. Learn why offering employees opportunities for education and development is both a retention strategy and a key component of a successful business strategy.

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Security Affairs

MAY 12, 2023

CISA and FBI warned of attacks conducted by the Bl00dy Ransomware Gang against the education sector in the country. The FBI and CISA issued a joint advisory warning that the Bl00dy Ransomware group is actively targeting the education sector by exploiting the PaperCut remote-code execution vulnerability CVE-2023-27350.

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Data Breach Today

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

DataBreachToday.com is a multimedia website providing news, insights and education on data breach detection, notification and prevention.

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Data Breach Today

JUNE 5, 2021

Claudia Natanson Describes Vision of U.K.’s s New Self-Regulatory Body U.K. Cyber Security Council is a new self-regulatory body for the profession. It is tasked by the U.K. Government to execute their vision for the U.K.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

But Missouri prosecutors now say they will not pursue charges following revelations that the data had been exposed since 2011 — two years after responsibility for securing the state’s IT systems was centralized within Parson’s own Office of Administration. “I asked Mrs.

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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.”

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

The social media site X announced that it will collect premium users’ biometric data for security and identification purposes. The social media platform X (formerly known as Twitter) has updated its privacy policy informing its premium users that the company will collect their biometric data to curb fraud and prevent impersonation.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

Almost a million files with minors’ data, including home addresses and photos were left open to anyone on the internet, posing a threat to children. Leaking private data on the internet, in this case, poses a grave risk, as most of the leaked files expose minors.

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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

DECEMBER 22, 2023

The company refused to pay the ransom and the ransomware gang threatened to leak the alleged stolen documents, including project data, clients’ and partners’ info, and NDAs. “We’ve obtained 100 GB of data of Nissan Australia. ” reads the message published by the group on its data leak site.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

The ransomware group claims to have stolen a substantial trove of ‘impressive data’ and is auctioning it for 20 BTC. The Rhysida ransomware operators plan to sell the stolen data to a single buyer. The gang will publicly release the data over the seven days following the announcement. ” reads the announcement.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 23, 2024

INE Security , a leading provider of cybersecurity training and certifications, today shared its cybersecurity training for cyber hygiene practices for small businesses, underscoring the critical role of continuous education in safeguarding digital assets. Tip 5: Backing Up Data Regularly Data loss can be devastating for small businesses.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 26, 2021

The Swiss town Rolle disclosed the data breach after a ransomware attack, personal details of all its 6,200 inhabitants were stolen by threat actors. “Gigabytes of data stolen from Rolle’s vaudois community and posted on darknet. “The community of Rolle VD, idyllically located on Lake Geneva, was hit by a massive data leak.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Ptitsyn reportedly sold the ransomware on darknet forums under aliases like “derxan” and “zimmermanx,” enabling other criminals to encrypt data and demand ransom. Evgenii Ptitsyn and others allegedly ran an international hacking scheme since November 2020, deploying Phobos ransomware to extort victims.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Community Clinic of Maui experienced a data breach impacting over 120,000 people following a LockBit ransomware attack. The clinic operates with a mission to deliver culturally sensitive healthcare, emphasizing education, prevention, and advocacy regardless of patients’ ability to pay. We also notified law enforcement.

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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. How can organizations prevent it?

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Data Breach Today

JULY 14, 2022

Threat actors carried out smishing attacks on nearly 10,000 Autralian higher education students enrolled at Deakin University and downloaded PII of about 47,000 students. Hackers compromised an employee's credentials to access the university's third-party SMS solutions provider to execute the attack.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

Storm-2372s targets during this time have included government, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), information technology (IT) services and technology, defense, telecommunications, health, higher education, and energy/oil and gas in Europe, North America, Africa, and the Middle East.” ” continues the report.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Lehigh Valley Health Network ’s (LVHN) hospital network has agreed to a $65 million settlement in a class action lawsuit related to a data breach. The network also includes a children’s hospital, rehabilitation centers, and partnerships with academic institutions to support medical education and research. ” reported the law firm.

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Data Breach Today

AUGUST 7, 2023

Information From 2004 to 2020 Exposed for High School Students, Teachers and Others Colorado's Department of Higher Education is warning that it suffered a ransomware attack in June, in which attackers stole personal data on current and past students and teachers, dating from 2004 to 2020.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 24, 2021

Upon opening the attachment, ToxicEye installs itself on the victim’s device and performs some operations in background such as: stealing data deleting or transferring files killing processes on the PC hijacking the PC’s microphone and camera to record audio and video encrypting files for ransom purposes. ” concludes the report.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 10, 2022

Sispi (Palermo Innovazione System), which is the municipal company that is responsible for the technical management of the municipal IT and telematic system of the Municipality of Palermo, confirmed the ransomware attack a few days later, but at this time it doesn’t confirm the data breach. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 24, 2021

The malware was recently employed in attacks against large US schools and education organizations. . “Healthcare and education organizations also host large volumes of sensitive data, making them more valuable targets. . The Trojan leverages the gobfuscate GoLang tool for obfuscation. ” . .”

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

About the author: Salvatore Lombardo ( Twitter @Slvlombardo ) Electronics engineer and Clusit member, for some time now, espousing the principle of conscious education, he has been writing for several online magazine on information security. Education improves awareness” is his slogan.

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Data Breach Today

JULY 24, 2024

DataBreachToday.com is a multimedia website providing news, insights and education on data breach detection, notification and prevention.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

The BianLian extortion group claims to have stolen 6,8 TB of documents, including International HR data, international personal data. International financial data (over 800 GB), international medical and health data and international email correspondence.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

The investigation began in early 2024 after data stolen from a Madrid business association was leaked on dark web cybercrime forums. ” The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) is investigating a significant data breach that has raised concerns about the security of its systems and employees data. .

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Security Affairs

APRIL 10, 2023

Samsung employees have unwittingly leaked top secret data by providing them to the popular chatbot service ChatGPT. ChatGPT uses data provided by the users to train itself and build its experience, with the risk that this data can be available to other users that will query the popular chatbot. ” reported TechRadar.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 1, 2023

The LockBit ransomware gang announced the publishing of data stolen from the South Korean National Tax Service. The group added the South Korean agency to its Tor leak site and announced the release of stolen data by April 1st, 2023 in case the ransom was not paid.

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Security Affairs

MAY 27, 2022

The FBI warns organizations in the higher education sector of credentials sold on cybercrime forums that can allow threat actors to access their networks. The availability of this data is the result of continued attacks conducted by threat actors against US colleges and universities.

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Collaboration 2.0

AUGUST 30, 2024

As the number of data breaches soars, people are trying to become more educated about their sensitive data. Here's what they're searching for.

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Data Breach Today

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Educational institutions are prime targets for ransomware and other cyberattacks due to their open nature and troves of sensitive data, requiring continuous investment in cyber defenses and strong security practices, said Steve Zuromski, CIO at Bridgewater State University in Massachusetts.

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JUNE 10, 2023

The University of Manchester suffered a cyberattack, attackers likely stole staff and students’ data from its systems. The University of Manchester, one of the UK’s largest educational institutions, suffered a cyberattack, The popular university suspects that the threat actors have stolen data from its systems.

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Security Affairs

MAY 1, 2023

T-Mobile disclosed the second data breach of 2023, threat actors had access to the personal information of hundreds of customers since February. T-Mobile suffered the second data breach of 2023, threat actors had access to the personal information of hundreds of customers starting in late February 2023.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 13, 2023

Fortinet has addressed a critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-41331 (CVSS score of 9.3), in its Fortinet FortiPresence data analytics solution. FortiPresence is a comprehensive data analytics solution designed for analyzing user traffic and deriving usage patterns. ” reads the advisory published by the vendor.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Data breaches can be devastating for organizations, these are 3 of the worst incidents that could have been prevented. Data breaches can be devastating for organizations and even entire countries. Eliminating the risk of a data breach is nearly impossible, but some things can be done to reduce it significantly.

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