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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 20 – 26 November 2023

IT Governance

9 million records breached through decade-long data leak A former temporary employee of a subsidiary of NTT West (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone West Corp) illegally accessed about 9 million personal data records over the course of a decade (2013 to 2023). Breached records: more than 56 million.

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Texas enacts comprehensive privacy law

Data Protection Report

The new law has exclusions for Gramm-Leach-Bliley-covered financial institutions, HIPAA-covered covered entities and business associates, non-profits, institutes of higher education, and electric utilities, power generation companies, and retail electric providers.

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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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Self-Sovereign Identities, The Next Step in Privacy-First User Experience

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Self-Sovereign Identities, The Next Step in Privacy-First User Experience divya Tue, 03/21/2023 - 06:10 There is a growing momentum around Self-Sovereign Identities (SSI) with real value to be captured by individuals, countries, and businesses. When privacy is at stake, SSI puts individuals back in control of their personal data.

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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. In response to ASA’s apparent refusal to negotiate, ALPHV is threatening to “contact clients, business partners, and competitors” next week.

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

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In November 2023, Northwell Health – the largest health system in New York – confirmed that it was affected by the incident. Source New Defence USA Yes 1,051 Connecticut College Source New Education USA Yes 954 American Alarm & Communications Inc. TB KSA Architecture Source New Construction and real estate USA Yes 1.5

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List of Data Breaches and Cyber Attacks in 2023

IT Governance

With that out of the way, it’s time to move on to May 2023. See the full list of data breaches for April 2023 Get started The biggest data breaches in April 2023 were: 1. Shields Health Care Group The largest data breach of April 2023 was at the Shields Health Care Group, a Massachusetts-based medical services provider.