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Data Breaches and Cyber Attacks in October 2023 – 867,072,315 Records Breached

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IT Governance’s research has discovered the following for October 2023: 114 publicly disclosed security incidents. Our monthly blogs will provide analysis of the data we’ve collected and we’ll continue to discuss the biggest breaches on our 2023 overview of publicly disclosed data breaches and cyber attacks.

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 12 – 18 February 2024

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Further victims of Harvard Pilgrim Health Care ransomware attack identified Harvard Pilgrim Health Care suffered a ransomware attack in April 2023, which it has been investigating since then. Welfare Benefits Plan Source 1 ; source 2 New Healthcare USA Yes 13,079 Insurance ACE/Humana Inc. Data breached: 2.7

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CyberheistNews Vol 12 #49 [Keep An Eye Out] Beware of New Holiday Gift Card Scams

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CyberheistNews Vol 12 #49 | December 6th, 2022. Budget Ammo] Cyber Insurers Turn Attention to Catastrophic Hacks. Some major cloud providers are being excluded from cyber insurance policies by carriers worried about the potential for major cyberattacks. 31 CISOs share their security priorities and predictions for 2023: [link].

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ICYMI –December in privacy and cybersecurity

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1. As of December 18, 2023, unless the U.S. 5. Headlines in 2023 also had many references to artificial intelligence. We have set out some updates in the form of questions, with links in the answers where you can find more information. (For Answers are below.

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

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million customers’ data compromised Cyber criminals known as dawnofdevil have claimed responsibility for a data breach at Hathaway Cable & Datacom Ltd, one of India’s largest Internet service providers, in December 2023. Publicly disclosed data breaches and cyber attacks: in the spotlight Hathaway breached, 41.5 They accessed 41.5

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List of Data Breaches and Cyber Attacks in 2023

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With that out of the way, it’s time to move on to May 2023. MCNA Insurance MCNA Insurance, also known as MCNA Dental, was caught up in a cyber hacking incident last week, in which 112 covered entities were affected. Our research found 98 security incidents during the month, accounting for 98,226,877 breached records.

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 5 – 11 February 2024

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Compromised data includes policyholders’ and their families’ civil status, dates of birth and social security numbers, as well as the name of their health insurer and information relating to their contracts. In November 2023, Northwell Health – the largest health system in New York – confirmed that it was affected by the incident.