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Here’s Why Credit Card Fraud is Still a Thing

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McCoy and fellow NYU researchers found BriansClub earned close to $104 million in gross revenue from 2015 to early 2019, and listed over 19 million unique card numbers for sale. Ditto for the relatively few corporate and business cards for sale. merchants to continue allowing customers to swipe the stripe instead of dip the chip.

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List of data breaches and cyber attacks in March 2020 – 832 million records breached

IT Governance

Medical and military contractor Kimchuk hit by ransomware (unknown). Dutch government loses two external hard drive containing personal data (6.9 India-based electronics retailer Vijay Sales made to pay for misconfigured database (unknown). Toronto government leaks personal data of elderly and vulnerable (7,227).

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In a Few Days, Credit Freezes Will Be Fee-Free

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There are dozens of private companies that specialize in providing consumer credit reports and scores to specific industries, including real estate brokers, landlords, insurers, debt buyers, employers, banks, casinos and retail stores.

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2022 Cyber Security Review of the Year

IT Governance

Tensions rose throughout February as the Russian military amassed across the Ukrainian border. Although Vladimir Putin and his sympathisers assured the world that they were simply conducting military exercises, the inevitable occurred on 24 February, when troops mobilised and war was declared.

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List of data breaches and cyber attacks in September 2019 – 531 million records leaked

IT Governance

US Secret Service investigating after its systems found for sale on the dark web (unknown). Irish government admits ransomware attack occurred last year (unknown). Government of LaPorte County Indiana suffered ransomware attack (unknown). Polish online retailer issued fine over data breach (2,200,000).

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Happy 13th Birthday, KrebsOnSecurity!

Krebs on Security

Big Yellow and Avira weren’t the only established brands cashing in on crypto hype as a way to appeal to a broader audience: The venerable electronics retailer RadioShack wasted no time in announcing plans to launch a cryptocurrency exchange.

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

IT Governance

million OpenSea records for sale on hacking forum A cyber criminal known as ‘bossmoves90004’ claims to have exfiltrated 6.9 million data records from the NFT (non-fungible token) marketplace OpenSea, which they have offered for sale on a hacking forum. Source (New) Retail Italy Yes 436,932 Toner-dumping.de TB Paysign, Inc.