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Facebook links cyberespionage group APT32 to Vietnamese IT firm

Security Affairs

Vietnam-linked APT group APT32 , also known as OceanLotus and APT-C-00, carried out cyber espionage campaigns against Chinese entities to gather intelligence on the COVID-19 crisis. The APT32 group has been active since at least 2012, it has targeted organizations across multiple industries and foreign governments, dissidents, and journalists.

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

IT Governance

Compromised data included names, ID card numbers, phone numbers, emails, salaries and personal photographs. The incident is one of a series of major data breaches in Thailand in recent months that have been analysed by the security company Resecurity. Data breached: 19,718,687 records. TB Cole, Cole, Easley & Sciba Source New Legal USA Yes 1.5

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

IT Governance

Source New Retail USA Yes 12 Family and Children’s Services of Lanark, Leeds and Grenville Source New Public Canada Yes 4 100 Romanian hospitals using the Hipocrate Information System Source 1 ; source 2 New Healthcare USA Yes Unknown Prudential Financial Source New Finance USA Yes Unknown Securence (a subsidiary of U.S.

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Improving government services with Collibra Data Quality & Observability: A closer look at the food stamp program

Collibra

Navigating a complex data landscape SNAP is administered by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) through its Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) division. Recipients can use their EBT cards at authorized retailers to purchase eligible food items. Each state has its own agency responsible for SNAP oversight.

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The most valuable AI use cases for business

IBM Big Data Hub

Promote cross- and up-selling Recommendation engines use consumer behavior data and AI algorithms to help discover data trends to be used in the development of more effective up-selling and cross-selling strategies, resulting in more useful add-on recommendations for customers during checkout for online retailers.

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List of data breaches and cyber attacks in June 2020 ­– 7 billion records breached

IT Governance

Australian activewear retailer In Sport infected with ransomware (unknown). Manitoba Agricultural Services Corporation is notifying clients of a privacy breach (134). Retailers Intersport and Claire’s suffer payment card skimming attack (unknown). Duluth student alerted school district about security breach (unknown).

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How AI is helping companies meet sustainability goals

IBM Big Data Hub

Businesses in sectors including agriculture, retail, utilities, and financial services will be able to use these models for risk assessment and mitigation. AI solutions work by collecting asset performance data and feeding it into machine learning models, which can predict asset health and risk of failure. Where to next?