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Data breaches and cyber attacks quarterly review: Q3 2021

IT Governance

Welcome to our third quarterly review of security incidents for 2021, in which we take a closer look at the information gathered in our monthly list of cyber attacks and data breaches. IT Governance discovered 266 security incidents between July and September 2021, which accounted for 185,721,284 breaches records. Download now.

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Data breaches and cyber attacks quarterly review: Q2 2021

IT Governance

Welcome to our second quarterly review of security incidents for 2021, in which we take a closer look at the information gathered in our monthly list of cyber attacks and data breaches. In this blog, we provide an overview of the security landscape in the past three months, and look at key statistics and observations. Download now.

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Connecticut Strengthens Data Breach Notification Requirements and the Uniform Law Commission Approves and Recommends Comprehensive and Uniform State Privacy Legislation

Data Matters

On July 16, 2021, Governor Lamont signed An Act Concerning Data Privacy Breaches , which will take effect on October 1, 2021. On July 14, 2021, the Uniform Law Commission, a volunteer, non-profit body focused on uniformity of state laws, approved the Uniform Personal Data Protection Act. Uniform Personal Data Protection Act.

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A component in Huawei network appliances could be used to take down Germany’s telecoms networks

Security Affairs

In September 2020, the British government announced the ban on the installation of new Huawei equipment in the 5G networks of Wireless carriers after September 2021. The FCC’s move definitively banned U.S. The government could order operators to “rip and replace” the risky components provided by Chinese suppliers.

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Data Breaches and Cyber Attacks Quarterly Review: Q3 2022

IT Governance

We are on pace for over 1,000 publicly disclosed data breaches for the second year running, but in more positive news, the projected number of disclosed incidents (541 million) is well below 2021’s total (5.1 The other big contributors were the education sector (39 incidents), technology (33) and retail (25). Download now.

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Data Breaches and Cyber Attacks in 2022: 408 Million Breached Records

IT Governance

decrease in security incidents compared to 2021 (1,243). This attack method was one of the most popular tools in cyber criminals’ arsenals throughout the past five years, with incidents spiking in 2021, a year that saw 401 publicly disclosed incidents. That represents an 14.8% The biggest data breaches of 2022.

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Data Breaches and Cyber Attacks Quarterly Review: Q2 2022

IT Governance

Between 2020 and 2021, there was a 39% increase in publicly disclosed ransomware attacks (289 to 401). As we often note, it’s hard to know definitively how many records have been compromised, because few publicly disclosed breaches contain this information. In the first half of 2022, there have been just 105 such incidents.