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New Connecticut Breach Notification Requirements and Cybersecurity Safe Harbor Effective October 2021

Hunton Privacy

Connecticut recently passed two cybersecurity laws that will become effective on October 1, 2021. On June 16, 2021, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont signed HB 5310, An Act Concerning Data Privacy Breaches. On July 6, 2021, Governor Ned Lamont signed HB 6607, An Act Incentivizing the Adoption of Cybersecurity Standards for Businesses.

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Ransomware Protection in 2021

eSecurity Planet

Also Read: Best Encryption Tools & Software for 2021. We also look into the most dangerous strains today and predictions for 2021. Others go further in estimating ransomware will cost as much as $6 trillion per year starting in 2021 ( Cybersecurity Ventures ). Also Read: Top Threat Intelligence Platforms for 2021.

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List of data breaches and cyber attacks in June 2021 – 9.8 million records breached

IT Governance

We found a comparatively low 9,780,931 breached records from publicly disclosed security incidents in June 2021. The post List of data breaches and cyber attacks in June 2021 – 9.8 But don’t be fooled by that number – it comes from 106 incidents, which is roughly average for the year. million drivers’ details (3.3

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Colonial Pipeline discloses data breach after May ransomware attack

Security Affairs

Colonial Pipeline discloses a data breach of the personal information of thousands of individuals after the ransomware attack that took place in May 2021. On May 6, 2021, an unauthorized third party acquired certain records stored in our systems,” states the letter. ” concludes the letter.

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Connecticut Tightens its Data Breach Notification Laws

Data Protection Report

Effective October 1, 2021, an amendment [1] to the Connecticut General Statute concerning data privacy breaches, Section 36a-701b, will impact notification obligations in several significant ways.

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CyberheistNews Vol 13 #13 [Eye Opener] How to Outsmart Sneaky AI-Based Phishing Attacks

KnowBe4

Strategies include: Developing a comprehensive, defense-in-depth plan Technical controls all organizations should consider Gotchas to watch out for with cybersecurity insurance Benefits of implementing new-school security awareness training Best practices for creating and implementing security policies Get the E-Book now!

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List of data breaches and cyber attacks in February 2022 – 5.1 million records breached

IT Governance

Morrow, OD notifies patients of data security incident (unknown) Ukrainian websites struck by DDoS attacks as Russia launches invasion (unknown) Cookware distribution giant Meyer discloses data breach (unknown) CVS Pharmacy discloses security incident (6,221) Ethos Technologies targeted in ‘sophisticated’ cyber attack (13,300) South Shore Hospital (..)