IT Governance

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

Hello, and welcome to the IT Governance podcast for Thursday, 21 February 2019. According to Edgescan’s 2019 Vulnerability Statistics Report , more than 81% of systems have at least one known vulnerability for which there is an available patch or workaround. million of this amount, the rest being covered by insurance.

Passwords 76

Passwords Data breaches Retail Government 76

Data Protection Report

MAY 17, 2019

On May 16, 2019, the California Senate Appropriations Committee held a hearing that included S.B. Clarifies non-discrimination provision to allow retail loyalty programs. Exempts “insurance institutions, agents, and support organizations”. Links to our previous blog articles: Article #1: Summary of CCPA’s major provisions.

Retail 40

Retail Privacy Insurance Manufacturing 40

Data Matters

DECEMBER 20, 2019

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (the NAIC) held its Fall 2019 National Meeting (Fall Meeting) in Austin, Texas, from December 7 to 10, 2019. The draft revisions include a requirement for producers to act in the “best interest” of a retail customer when making a recommendation of an annuity.

Insurance 60

Insurance Risk Artificial Intelligence Privacy 60

Data Matters

DECEMBER 20, 2019

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (the NAIC) held its Fall 2019 National Meeting (Fall Meeting) in Austin, Texas, from December 7 to 10, 2019. The draft revisions include a requirement for producers to act in the “best interest” of a retail customer when making a recommendation of an annuity.

Insurance 60

Insurance Risk Artificial Intelligence Privacy 60

Krebs on Security

JANUARY 26, 2024

Authorities in Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States this week levied financial sanctions against a Russian man accused of stealing data on nearly 10 million customers of the Australian health insurance giant Medibank. How close was the connection between GustaveDore and Mr. Shefel? At the same time, U.S.

Ransomware 233

Ransomware Retail Insurance Government 233

IT Governance

JUNE 1, 2023

MCNA Insurance MCNA Insurance, also known as MCNA Dental, was caught up in a cyber hacking incident last week, in which 112 covered entities were affected. MCNA Insurance later confirmed that 8,923,662 people were affected in the incident and said the breach was a result of a ransomware attack.

Data breaches 122

Data breaches Insurance Personal data Ransomware 122

IT Governance

JANUARY 30, 2024

Source (New) Retail USA Yes 2,588,849 Keenan & Associates Source 1 ; source 2 (Update) Insurance USA Yes 1,509,616 AGC Group Source (New) Manufacturing Japan Yes 1.5 TB Four Hands Source (New) Manufacturing USA Yes 1.5 TB UK forex customers Source (New) Finance UK Yes 1,001,214 A.N.S.

Data Privacy 52

Data Privacy Retail Privacy Manufacturing 52

IT Governance

JANUARY 3, 2020

The new year – and new decade – is underway, but before saying goodbye to 2019, we have one more monthly round-up to get to. Singapore-based retailer Love, Bonito apologises to customers after malware infection (unknown). Canadian insurance firm Andrew Agencies struck by ransomware (unknown). Henry Co.,

Data breaches 116

Data breaches Ransomware Phishing Government 116

IT Governance

MAY 1, 2019

Still, April 2019 saw a not completely disastrous 1,334,488,724 breached records. Customers at US fast food retailer Chipotle say their accounts have been hacked (unknown). Illinois dental insurer notifies members after phishing attack (unknown). billion records leaked appeared first on IT Governance Blog.

Data breaches 111

Data breaches Personal data Ransomware Phishing 111

IT Governance

OCTOBER 31, 2019

US retailer Kroger reports ‘isolated incident’ involving pharmacy records (unknown). French fashion retailer Sixth June victim of payment card skimming scam (unknown). Louisiana-based health insurance firm Humana notifies customers of privacy breach (500). Irish beauty chain Thérapie Clinic investigating data breach (unknown).

Data breaches 92

Data breaches Ransomware Phishing Retail 92

IT Governance

JUNE 1, 2021

Doncaster-based One Call Insurance hit by ransomware (unknown) Ransomware attack on Swiss Cloud Computing AG (6,500) Wolfe Eye Clinic victim of Lorenz threat actors (unknown) One of the US’s largest pipelines shuts down to contain cyber security breach (unknown) J. Find out more. Ransomware.

Data breaches 124

Data breaches Ransomware Insurance Energy and Utilities 124

IT Governance

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Unlike an attack on retailers, for example, victims have no alternative when systems are down. According to a report from the insurance broker Gallagher , 49% of local councils have been attacked since the start of 2017 and 37% were attacked in the first half of 2019 alone.

Ransomware 95

Ransomware Phishing Retail Insurance 95

Data Matters

OCTOBER 23, 2019

On October 10, 2019, this wait finally ended. Moreover, if the business operates a website, but primarily interacts with consumers in retail locations, it will be required to add a third option that allows consumers to submit a form that can be submitted in person at those locations.

Sales 60

Sales Privacy Passwords Compliance 60

Hunton Privacy

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

As reported on the Hunton Retail Law Resource blog , on January 17, 2019, Hunton Andrews Kurth’s retail industry team, composed of more than 200 lawyers across practices, released their annual Retail Industry Year in Review publication. Download a copy of the publication.

Retail 45

Retail Artificial Intelligence Insurance Privacy 45