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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 27 November – 3 December 2023

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The security researcher Bob Diachenko of SecurityDiscovery first identified the exposed information in mid-September. The company’s description of the incident suggested ransomware. Data breached: over 300 million records. We’ve also found 9 organisations providing a significant update on a previously disclosed incident.

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 4 – 10 December 2023

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Researchers from the German cyber security company Aplite discovered 3,806 servers from 111 countries accessible on the Internet. suffers second ransomware attack in months Having been struck by a ransomware attack in October by the BlackSuit group , which led to operations and appointments being postponed, Akumin Inc.

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The Weeks in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 18 – 31 December 2023

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billion records The security researcher Jeremiah Fowler discovered an unprotected database exposing more than 1.5 Fowler contacted the company, which secured the database. The security researcher Bob Diachenko identified the leak in September and contacted TuneFab, which fixed the misconfiguration within 24 hours.

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 4 – 10 March 2024

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Source (New) Retail Italy Yes 436,932 Toner-dumping.de Source (New) Retail Germany Yes 334,000 Yakima Valley Radiology, PC Source 1 ; source 2 (New) Healthcare USA Yes 235,249 Consorzio Innovation Source (New) Professional services Italy Yes 225 GB Northeast Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine Source (New) Healthcare USA Yes 177,276 Strike.me

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 12 – 18 February 2024

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Fowler sent a responsible disclosure notice when he discovered the database and it was secured the following day. ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware gang adds 2.7 TB of ASA Electronics data to its leak site The ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware gang is attempting to extort a ransom from ASA Electronics for 2.7 Data breached: 2.7

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 5 – 11 February 2024

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Compromised data includes policyholders’ and their families’ civil status, dates of birth and social security numbers, as well as the name of their health insurer and information relating to their contracts. It has since been confirmed by Anukul Peedkaew, the permanent secretary of social development and human security.

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 15 – 21 April 2024

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Compromised data includes names, passport numbers, Social Security numbers, online crypto account identifiers and bank account numbers. Publicly disclosed data breaches and cyber attacks: in the spotlight Criminal hackers threaten to leak World-Check screening database A criminal group known as GhostR claims to have stolen 5.3