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Conti Ransom Gang Starts Selling Access to Victims

Krebs on Security

But sometime over the past 48 hours, the cybercriminal syndicate updated its victim shaming blog to indicate that it is now selling access to many of the organizations it has hacked. It’s also not obvious why they would advertise having hacked into companies if they plan on selling that access to extract sensitive data going forward.

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Welcoming the Icelandic Government to Have I Been Pwned

Troy Hunt

Hot on the heels of onboarding the USA government to Have I Been Pwned last month , I'm very happy to welcome another national government - Iceland!

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IT Governance Podcast 08.09.23: Electoral Commission (again), Meta, Pôle emploi

IT Governance

Transcript: Hello and welcome to the IT Governance podcast for Friday, 8 September 2023. According to the statement, attackers were able to access servers that held emails, control systems and reference copies of the electoral registers of those registered to vote in the UK between 2014 and 2022, as well as overseas voters.

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Understanding Data Governance

IBM Big Data Hub

That’s where data governance comes in. What exactly is data governance and why is it so important? Simply put, data governance is the process of establishing policies, procedures, and standards for managing data within an organization. As you can see, data governance is no joke. But that doesn’t mean it can’t be fun!

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Sophie Sayer on the IT Governance Partner Programme

IT Governance

The benefits of partnering with us, and our partner-exclusive event IT Governance launched its partner programme in 2017, which now includes more than 400 organisations. And why should organisations consider partnering with IT Governance? What is it that makes IT Governance special? What else can partners expect from the event?

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Ex Twitter employee found guilty of spying for Saudi Arabian government

Security Affairs

In November 2019, the former Twitter employees Abouammo and the Saudi citizen Ali Alzabarah have been charged with spying on thousands of Twitter user accounts on behalf of the Saudi Arabian government. The two former Twitter employees operated for the Saudi Arabian government with the intent of unmasking dissidents using the social network.

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Charting your data intelligence course starts with the data

Collibra

No matter where you are on your data intelligence journey Collibra can help you map your course by starting with the data. Even if you’re just starting out, we can help guide you with a comprehensive solution for your teams to discover, access and derive insights from trusted data.

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