The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 30, 2019

Turn the corner into 2019 and we find Citigroup, CapitalOne, Wells Fargo and HSBC Life Insurance among a host of firms hitting the crisis button after their customers’ records turned up on a database of some 24 million financial and banking documents found parked on an Internet-accessible server — without so much as password protection.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 9, 2022

Relatedly, PIPL outlines some categories of sensitive information that do not receive additional protection under GDPR. Also, health and financial data, among other categories of more sensitive data, is often treated as a more protected category of data under general data-privacy laws – subject to stricter protection requirements.

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Cyber Info Veritas

JULY 19, 2018

This is according to a recent survey conducted by Soha Systems, and according to one of the speeches delivered by the Superintendent of the New York State Department of Financial Services, Mr. Benjamin Lawsky, “ A company’s cybersecurity is only as strong as the cybersecurity of its third-party vendors ”.

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Data Matters

APRIL 23, 2018

The growing volume and severity of cyber-attacks directed against public companies has caught the attention of federal regulators and investors. More and more, directors are viewing cyber-risk under the broader umbrella of corporate strategy and searching for ways to help mitigate that risk.

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KnowBe4

JUNE 20, 2023

link] How NK's Cyber Criminals Stole 3 Billion in Crypto to Fund Their Nukes The Wall Street Journal revealed that North Korea's hacker army managed to steal a huge amount of cryptocurrency amounting to $3 billion to finance their nuclear program. The cyber heists caused more than just financial losses.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 11, 2022

Information security products , services, and professionals have never been in higher demand, making for a world of opportunities for cybersecurity startups. Investors recognize the potential too, as funding for cybersecurity ventures more than doubled from previous years to almost $22 billion in 2021. Series B SECURITI.ai

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