The Last Watchdog

APRIL 14, 2020

The humans use usernames and passwords to identify themselves to machines. The machine don’t use usernames and passwords; they use machine identities. Hudson: We have about 400 customers worldwide: big banks, big airlines, airplane manufacturers, big payment card companies, big health care insurers, big retailers.

Digital transformation 138

Digital transformation Passwords Retail IoT 138

IT Governance

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Cyber attacks Shibuya officials apologize for disrupted services after apparent cyber attack (unknown) University of Miami Health confirms intrusion after password breach (unknown) University of Havana struck by hacktivist group (unknown) Air France and KLM notify customers of account hacks (unknown) Criminal hackers leak email addresses of Twitter (..)

Data breaches 136

Data breaches Ransomware Insurance Security 136

IT Governance

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

The nature of the compromised data suggests that it belongs to Pepsi Bottling Ventures employees – if only because you wouldn’t expect a manufacturer to have any significant amounts of data on customers. Another factor that will leave a sour taste in the mouth is Pepsi’s equivocation on whose information this is.

Data breaches 105

Data breaches Access Insurance Manufacturing 105

eSecurity Planet

MAY 2, 2024

Compromised Credentials Compromised identities from phishing, info stealers, keyloggers, and bad password habits provide the entry point for most ransomware attacks and data breaches. 583% increase in Kerberoasting [password hash cracking] attacks. 64% of managers and higher admit to poor password practices.

Cybersecurity 122

Cybersecurity Ransomware Passwords Cloud 122

IT Governance

JANUARY 4, 2021

Firm that built NHS Nightingale Hospital hit by cyber attack (unknown) People’s Energy data breach affects every customer (270,000) Exmo crypto exchange halts all withdrawals after cyber attack (unknown) Scottish Environment Protection Agency targeted in a cyber attack (unknown) Hackers breach Israeli insurance company Shirbit (unknown) Jewellers Stuller (..)

Data breaches 116

Data breaches Ransomware Energy and Utilities Computer and Electronics 116

Data Matters

AUGUST 30, 2021

2 The SEC’s Pearson Order follows its June 2021 announcement that it had settled charges against First American Title Insurance Company (First American) for cybersecurity disclosure control failures. 1 Without admitting or denying the SEC’s findings, Pearson agreed to a cease and desist order (Order) and to pay a $1 million penalty.

Cybersecurity 95

Cybersecurity Data Privacy Risk Passwords 95

IT Governance

MARCH 11, 2024

According to a listing on a popular hacking forum, the database includes customers’ names, email addresses, hashed passwords, and more. Source (New) Finance USA Yes 3,494 Woodruff Sawyer Source (New) Insurance USA Yes 3,087 Blackburn College Source (New) Education USA Yes 3,039 CAIRE Inc. The claim is yet to be verified.

Data Privacy 78

Data Privacy Privacy Security Data breaches 78

IT Governance

MARCH 1, 2023

announces security breach (10,000) CompSource Mutual Insurance Company reports security incident (unknown) Paul Smith’s College announces cyber attack (unknown) Cardiovascular Associates files notice of security breach (unknown) Rockler Companies says cyber attackers breached its systems (8,604) Emtec, Inc.

Data breaches 129

Data breaches Ransomware e-Delivery Government 129

IT Governance

JANUARY 23, 2024

The leaked information allegedly includes customers’ names, dates of birth, email addresses, passwords and phone numbers. Source (New) Manufacturing Saudi Arabia Yes 86.16 Data breached: 10,870,524 lines. 96 of them are known to have had data exfiltrated, exposed or otherwise breached.

Data Privacy 52

Data Privacy Privacy Manufacturing Security 52

eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Often, a scammer will simply target the people in a company and fool them into giving up their personal details, account passwords, and other sensitive information and gain access that way. According to the 2021 IBM Threat Force Intelligence Index , Manufacturing was the industry most likely to be attacked last year, comprising 23.2%

Energy and Utilities 121

Energy and Utilities Phishing Blockchain Cybersecurity 121

IT Governance

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Among those affected was SAP SE. The researchers discovered credentials that provided access to 95,592,696 artifacts, as well as download permissions and some deploy operations.

Data Privacy 52

Data Privacy Privacy Energy and Utilities Data breaches 52

IBM Big Data Hub

JULY 7, 2023

Thirty percent of those incidents occurred in manufacturing organizations. An integrated data protection system can protect your assets by monitoring them, automating access control, setting up notifications, and auditing your password management. Require strong passwords. Make sure you have a strong corporate password policy.

Security 40

Security Data breaches Data Privacy Compliance 40

HL Chronicle of Data Protection

OCTOBER 21, 2019

Regulators, industry experts, and researchers provided insight into health privacy and security enforcement trends, emerging threats, and new tools at a recent conference focused on the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability (HIPAA) regulatory framework.

Risk 40

Risk Privacy Compliance Access 40

Reltio

MARCH 31, 2019

If you missed this event, check out the video presentations here to get the latest buzz in the data management industry (Login: dd19@reltio.com | Password: berightfaster). A future where modern MDM empowers enterprises to democratize and monetize insights, by unlocking value from data with AI-powered relationship-driven analytics.

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MDM Digital transformation Analytics Cloud 40

IT Governance

JULY 30, 2024

According to Parametrix , an insurance company specialising in Cloud outages, cyber insurance policies likely cover up to 10–20% of losses only. That’s a 48-digit password – 8 pairs of 6 digits. As a direct result of that blockage, oil couldn’t reach its destination, manufacturers couldn’t get crucial parts, and so on.

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Insurance Risk Encryption Manufacturing 112

IT Governance

MAY 7, 2024

Source 1 ; source 2 (Update) Insurance USA Yes 75,101 Airsoftc3.com Source 1 ; source 2 (Update) Insurance USA Yes 75,101 Airsoftc3.com Source (New) IT services USA Yes 1,382 Worthen Industries Source 1 ; source 2 (Update) Manufacturing USA Yes 1,277 R.J. Source (New) Manufacturing USA Yes Unknown Human Events.

Data breaches 59

Data breaches Education Manufacturing GDPR 59

IT Governance

DECEMBER 27, 2019

The site’s security team suspected that users were being targeted in a credential-stuffing attack; this is where cyber criminals use a list of stolen usernames and passwords en masse to break into an account. Worse, they changed the email address associated with the account, preventing them from resetting their password.

Data breaches 58

Data breaches GDPR Passwords Personal data 58

IT Governance

MARCH 1, 2022

In the midst of all this, organisations across Europe have reported delays as a result of alleged state-sponsored attacks – including Toyota’s Japanese plants and a kettle manufacturer in the Isle of Man.

Data breaches 134

Data breaches Ransomware Government Blockchain 134

IT Governance

MARCH 5, 2024

Affected information includes users’ names, email addresses, IP addresses and encrypted passwords. TB Turtlemint Source (New) Insurance India Yes 1,800,000 Chunghwa Telecom Source (New) Telecoms Taiwan Yes 1.7 The threat actor, KryptonZambie, listed a 5.93

Data Privacy 52

Data Privacy Privacy Data breaches Manufacturing 52

IT Governance

JANUARY 16, 2024

GB database includes names, email addresses, phone numbers and passwords. Source (New) Manufacturing USA Yes 42 GB Auto-Motion Shade Inc. Drug Mart Source 1 ; source 2 (Update) Healthcare USA Yes 36,749 Elliott Group Source (New) Manufacturing USA Yes 31.5 Data breached: >7,000,000 records. Vauxhall Motors database with 5.5

Data Privacy 52

Data Privacy Privacy Manufacturing Security 52

IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Toronto residents’ CERB payments on hold after fraudulent employment insurance claims (700) Kentucky’s unemployment system suffers another breach (unknown) Defence supplier PULAU Corporation says it has been hacked (unknown) American Payroll Association notifying those affected by cyber attack (unknown). Cyber attacks. Hitachi Chemical Co.

Data breaches 122

Data breaches Ransomware Insurance Manufacturing 122

IT Governance

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Gallagher & Co confirms ransomware attack (unknown) Hackers hit South African government fund for children and missing people (unknown) The Medisys Health Group and its affiliate Copeman Healthcare pay ransom (60,000). In other news….

Data breaches 140

Data breaches Ransomware Government IoT 140

Adam Levin

DECEMBER 27, 2019

Unfortunately, many are not secure because they are protected by nothing more than manufacturer default passwords readily available online. You’re going to have personal cyber insurance. In 2020 there will be somewhere around 20 billion IoT devices in use around the world. HR will save money by spending some. (An

Cybersecurity 40

Cybersecurity IoT Passwords Cloud 40

The Last Watchdog

JUNE 1, 2020

We disassociated cyber risk, like using weak passwords and visiting sketchy websites, from the harm of that risk. And they might look into getting insurance to transfer at least some of this risk. Clinton: The insurance industry is large, complex and diversified. Consumers chose to value convenience over security.

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Risk Insurance Cybersecurity Marketing 199