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NEW TECH: This free tool can help gauge, manage third-party cyber risk; it’s called ‘VRMMM’

The Last Watchdog

Turn the corner into 2019 and we find Citigroup, CapitalOne, Wells Fargo and HSBC Life Insurance among a host of firms hitting the crisis button after their customers’ records turned up on a database of some 24 million financial and banking documents found parked on an Internet-accessible server — without so much as password protection.

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Sixth Circuit Finds Coverage for Losses Resulting from Retailer’s Data Breach

Hunton Privacy

that losses resulting from the theft of customers’ banking information from a retailer’s computer system are covered under a commercial crime policy’s computer fraud endorsement. In February 2005, a computer hacker gained access to the main computer system of shoe retailer DSW Shoe Warehouse, Inc. (“DSW”) Retail Ventures, Inc.,

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List of Data Breaches and Cyber Attacks in 2023

IT Governance

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.