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The False Economy of Deprioritising Security

IT Governance

In the UK, cyber security has been dropping down the board’s list of priorities. A 2022 Proofpoint study found that 76% of UK board members believed their organisation to be at risk of a material cyber attack in the next 12 months – higher than the global average of 65%. Specifically, a 13.4% drop for charities (from 72% to 62%).

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 30 October – 5 November 2023

IT Governance

When MOVEit was hacked by the Russian Cl0p ransomware gang in May, email addresses and links to government employee surveys were compromised. It secured its systems, notified law enforcement and began investigating the incident. Records breached: 815,000,000 Milford Management Corp. Boeing is “assessing the claim”.

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Experts: Breach at IT Outsourcing Giant Wipro

Krebs on Security

The security experts said Wipro’s customers traced malicious and suspicious network reconnaissance activity back to partner systems that were communicating directly with Wipro’s network. “Wipro has a multilayer security system,” the company wrote. On Friday, Apr. “A total of 44.4 “A total of 44.4

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List of data breaches and cyber attacks in June 2019 ­– 39.7 million records leaked

IT Governance

After a rampant start to the year for data breaches and cyber attacks, it’s about time we went one month without at least one massive security incident. June 2019’s total of 39,713,046 breached records is the lowest since May last year – the month that the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) came into effect. Hackers stole $1.75

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 1 – 7 January 2024

IT Governance

LockBit claims responsibility for Capital Health security incident The LockBit ransomware group has claimed responsibility for an attack on Capital Health , a healthcare provider in Pennington, New Jersey, last November. They accessed 41.5 The compromised data allegedly includes names, email addresses and phone numbers.

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61% of organisations reported a data breach in 2019

IT Governance

The insurance firm Hiscox found that 61% of organisations were compromised in the past 12 months. Consider that the 2019 SonicWall Cyber Threat Report identified a record-high 10.52 Once organisations understand the scale of the threat facing them, they’ll realise the importance of cyber security. Still undecided?

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 13 – 19 November 2023

IT Governance

According to OPB, the district didn’t provide details, but said that “our student credentials may have been compromised as part of a security incident”. For more information about the SEC cyber security disclosure rules, register for our free webinar on 30 November.)