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List of data breaches and cyber attacks in December 2020 – 148 million records breached

IT Governance

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. We logged 134 security incidents in December, which accounted for 148,354,955 breached records. Financial information. In other news….

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FERC Approves NERC’s Supply Chain Risk Management Reliability Standards and Directs NERC to Expand Their Scope

Data Matters

A string of Governmental announcements have increasingly sounded the alarm about the growing cybersecurity threat facing the energy sector. Among other things, these reports have announced that state-sponsored cyber actors have successfully gained access to the control rooms of utilities. Procedural History.

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Business ID Theft Soars Amid COVID Closures

Krebs on Security

For 2020, the company estimates an overall 258 percent spike in the crime. To prove ownership over the hijacked firms, they hire low-wage image editors online to help fabricate and/or modify a number of official documents tied to the business — including tax records and utility bills. ” PHANTOM OFFICES.

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Cybersecurity Risks of 5G – And How to Control Them

eSecurity Planet

Consumer electronics, business, network appliances, and industrial IoT (IIoT) devices are all driving the exponential growth of IoT systems. Edge computing is the relatively new focus on traffic as close as possible to the client device and user. Objectives for 5G Implementation Analyzing Progress and What’s To Come. What is 5G?

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A greener library: The Bodleian?s push for sustainability

CILIP

For a Facilities team within a library I would recommend they review energy consumption around lighting, water consumption and ventilation systems, reviewing and revising building management systems ? improvements these groups have led on: Switch off / Green electronics campaign. Turning off lights and electronic equipment at night.

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 22 – 28 January 2024

IT Governance

Computer SPRL Source (New) IT services Belgium Yes 1,000,000 AerCap Source (New) Transport Ireland Yes 1 TB MBC Law Professional Corp. NAIRR will “provide access to advanced computing, datasets, models, software, training and user support to U.S.-based TB Four Hands Source (New) Manufacturing USA Yes 1.5

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How Content Services Are Enabling the Digital Transformation of Electric Utilities

AIIM

Electric utilities in the United States are a major source of CO2 – they created 1.55 billion metric tons of it in 2020. And according to the US Energy Information Agency, consumption is expected to grow by 50% by the year 2050. To get greener, electric utilities must digitally transform. Artificial Intelligence.