IT Governance

JANUARY 4, 2021

What else would you expect from the final month of 2020 than the highest number of publicly disclosed incidents we’ve ever recorded? That brings the total for 2020 to more than 20 billion. The post List of data breaches and cyber attacks in December 2020 – 148 million records breached appeared first on IT Governance UK Blog.

Data breaches 116

Data breaches Ransomware Energy and Utilities Computer and Electronics 116

Data Matters

JUNE 12, 2020

electronic payments, check capture and online banking), the OCC lists some of the new technologies, the implementation of which may be hindered by ambiguous, burdensome or inflexible rules, such as blockchain, artificial intelligence, biometrics, cloud computing and big data/analytics. Comments are due by August 3, 2020.

Artificial Intelligence 68

Artificial Intelligence Blockchain Financial Services Computer and Electronics 68

IT Governance

OCTOBER 30, 2018

These monthly blogs will now look at three lesser-known stories in detail, as well as give a total number for all records exposed in the month. The representative did a “visual review” of the buckets, as USPS’s internal policy is not to plug any USB sticks into a computer (not all bad practice, eh?), Social insurance numbers.

Data breaches 110

Data breaches Computer and Electronics Passwords Insurance 110

IT Governance

OCTOBER 30, 2018

These monthly blogs will now look at three lesser-known stories in detail, as well as give a total number for all records exposed in the month. The representative did a “visual review” of the buckets, as USPS’s internal policy is not to plug any USB sticks into a computer (not all bad practice, eh?), Social insurance numbers.

Data breaches 110

Data breaches Computer and Electronics Passwords Insurance 110

IT Governance

JULY 1, 2021

discloses ransomware incident (unknown). discloses ransomware incident (unknown). million drivers’ details (3.3 In other news… U.S. Justice Department announces seizure of domain names used in spear phishing campaign posing as U.S.

Data breaches 130

Data breaches Ransomware Computer and Electronics Retail 130

Krebs on Security

JULY 27, 2020

For 2020, the company estimates an overall 258 percent spike in the crime. She shared with me a copy of the lease, which included a fraudulent ID and even a vehicle insurance card for a Land Cruiser we got rid of like 15 years ago. In 2019, Dun & Bradstreet saw more than a 100 percent increase in business identity theft.

Energy and Utilities 354

Energy and Utilities Computer and Electronics Insurance Risk 354

IT Governance

DECEMBER 27, 2019

Among other news: Lancashire-based Lad Media was wound up , and its director, Keith Hancock, was banned from forming or managing an organisation for four years, after the company was deemed to have violated the PECR (Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations). The supreme court is expected to make its decision in 2020.

Data breaches 69

Data breaches GDPR Passwords Personal data 69