Data Breach Today

OCTOBER 18, 2023

While RARLabs Patched Flaw, 'Many Users' Don't Appear to Have Updated the Software Nation-state hackers are targeting a vulnerability in WinRAR, a popular Windows utility for archiving files, warns Google’s Threat Analysis Group, which said it has seen "government-backed hacking groups" who hail from multiple countries, including China and Russia, (..)

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IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Transcript: Hello and welcome to the IT Governance podcast for Friday, 8 September 2023. The Cyber Essentials scheme is a government-backed framework supported by the National Cyber security Centre. IT Governance has been a certification body for the scheme since 2014, when it was launched.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 22, 2024

The threat actor said that he stole the database in March and threatened to publish the data online. The threat actors shared a portion of the stolen data with TechCrunch as proof of the hack, it includes records on current and former government officials, diplomats, and politically exposed people.

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Hanzo Learning Center

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Is your organization required to archive its communications to comply with the laws, rules, and regulations that govern your industry?

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Security Affairs

MAY 29, 2020

According to the experts, the leak includes government data of an entire country, it was leaked online by a reputable actor that goes online with moniker ‘Toogod.”. GB, exposed data includes full name, full address, ID, gender, date of birth, and other info. ” reads a post published by Cyble. . The database size is 3.5

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The Texas Record

JUNE 28, 2021

In a nutshell, this is information governance. ARMA defines “information governance” as “the overarching and coordinating strategy for all organizational information. But how is information governance any different than records management? Source: Texas State Library and Archives Commission.

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Archive-It

DECEMBER 19, 2023

by the Archive-It Team From our team to yours, wishing you all the best this Holiday Season!! Dr. Emily Lynell Edwards’ and Dr. Rosario Rogel-Salazar‘s teams were some of the first users of the Archives Research Compute Hub ( ARCH ). They joined Web Archivist Karl Blumenthal on a panel at the DLF Forum in St. Louis in November.

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Schneier on Security

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Kaspersky is reporting on a data wiper masquerading as ransomware that is targeting local Russian government networks. The Trojan corrupts any data that’s not vital for the functioning of the operating system. The malware focuses on databases, archives, and user documents. Nothing leading to an attribution.

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IG Guru

JANUARY 23, 2023

Joel Westphal’s presentation looks at the lessons learned from capturing, managing, and archiving the largest digital collection of war records in our nation’s history, The Iraqi War Collection located at United States CENTRAL COMMAND (USCENTCOM), which holds 50+ TB of data from the years 2003 to 2010.

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Security Affairs

MAY 27, 2021

The FBI revealed that foreign hackers compromised the network of a local US municipal government by exploiting flaws in an unpatched Fortinet VPN. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) reported that an APT group had breached the network of a local US municipal government by exploiting vulnerabilities in an unpatched Fortinet VPN.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Taiwanese manufacturer D-Link confirmed a data breach after a threat actor offered for sale on BreachForums stolen data. The global networking equipment and technology company D-Link confirmed a data breach after a threat actor earlier this month offered for sale on the BreachForums platform the stolen data.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 24, 2022

TB of Russian data. TB of Russian data via DDoSecrets. The collective vows to release more data belonging to Russian businesses and government, organizations including a commercial bank. TB of Russian data via #DDoSecrets. The collective has leaked a 432GB archive containing 645,000 emails.

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Everteam

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Analyzing , Information Governance , Records Management. Everteam: EDM to Information Governance (part 2). From Digital Content to Information Governance. Information Governance to manage your information assets. Visionary in this approach, Everteam has naturally evolved to become a pioneer in Information Governance.

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Armstrong Archives

JULY 2, 2020

For any government, whether federal, state, city, or county, the safe and secure storage of official documents is a top priority. Armstrong Archives is pleased to offer our government records management services to organizations in and around the North Texas area. Look no further than Armstrong Archives!

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CILIP

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Asked why he chose the Civil Service above other areas of librarianship, David says: “It is just so interesting… it puts you in the centre of constantly changing challenges while offering unparalleled opportunities to move between librarianship, records management, knowledge management, information governance throughout your career.”

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IT Governance

MAY 7, 2024

At the end of each month, these incidents – and any others that we find – will be used to inform our monthly analysis of data breaches and cyber attacks. Data scraping is a typically automated process that extracts information from websites, allowing criminals to compile data sets containing personal information.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 15, 2023

TB of data stolen from Cellebrite, a digital intelligence company that provides tools for law enforcement, were leaked online. One of the most popular services provided by the company is the UFED ( Universal Foresenic Extraction Device ) which is used by law enforcement and intelligence agencies to unlock and access data on mobile devices.

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Preservica

MARCH 7, 2019

Intelligent SharePoint connector enables organizations to cut content “sprawl” and take control of critical data spread across the enterprise. Left in SharePoint this vital content is often poorly governed, vulnerable to accidental or malicious deletion or change, format obsolescence, and quickly becomes difficult to find.

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The Texas Record

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

The Texas State Library and Archives Commission (TSLAC) and the Texas Department of Information Resources (DIR) are offering a bountiful harvest of free and low-cost learning opportunities in October. The DIR Statewide Data Program overview offers ten short video segments based on the Data Management Book of Knowledge.

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DLA Piper Privacy Matters

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

The French Supervisory Authority (the “ CNIL ”) has issued new updated guidelines on data retention during the month of July (the “ CNIL’s Guidelines ”) [1]. They provide more practical guidance and update the CNIL previous Recommendations dated 11 October 2005 on the conditions of archiving personal data [2].

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The Texas Record

JULY 31, 2018

Devices used by Governor Rick Perry to create electronic records [1] This is the first in a two-part series exploring the Texas Digital Archive (TDA) with Electronic Records Specialist Mark Myers of the Archives and Information Services (ARIS) division at TSLAC. Thus was born the Texas Digital Archive.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

Canon finally confirmed that it has suffered a ransomware attack in early August that resulted in the theft of data from its servers. Canon has finally confirmed that it was the victim of a ransomware attack in early August and that the threat actors also stole data from its servers. GB archive called “STRATEGICPLANNINGpart62.zip”

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 27, 2021

The ethical hackers at WizCase recently disclosed another stunning example of sensitive consumer data left out in the open in the public cloud — for one and all to access. Related: How stolen data gets leveraged in full-stack attacks. We’ve seen some of the buckets were accessible and got archived as back as 2016.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 29, 2019

PerCSoft , a Wisconsin-based company that manages a remote data backup service relied upon by hundreds of dental offices across the country, is struggling to restore access to client systems after falling victim to a ransomware attack. Cloud data and backup services are a prime target of cybercriminals who deploy ransomware.

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AIIM

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Most often, this means destruction, though it can also mean transfer to another organization in some cases – for example, to a corporate archive if it has historical value. This graphic from the Compliance, Governance, and Oversight Council (CGOC) shows the breakdown of the information held in a typical organization.

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The Texas Record

MAY 12, 2021

Data is everywhere—when we click, swipe, type, or Skype, data is created and stored into various databases. What happens when that data is breached, identities are stolen, privacy is lost, or loss of property occurs? For public agencies, data breaches can result in loss of confidential or valuable information.

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Everteam

JANUARY 22, 2019

Abu Dhabi, January 21st 2019, a special conference was organized to discuss the benefits of archiving “contemporary records, documents and electronic archiving systems”. The conference was held at the National Archives Auditorium from 9:00 am until 2:30 pm. Artificial Intelligence has become an integral part of our offering.

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Gimmal

JUNE 10, 2022

Craig Carpenter and Dean Gonsowski , Gimmal’s CEO and CRO respectively, spoke with Ari about information discovery, migration, governance, and compliance, and how Gimmal helps organization address their biggest information governance challenges. It started as a GRC — governance risk and compliance — consulting firm.

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Preservica

APRIL 4, 2018

The Sainsbury Archive, which charts the growth and history of one of the UK's largest supermarkets, has chosen Preservica's AWS cloud-hosted digital preservation platform to actively preserve invaluable digital assets relating to the company's operations.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 21, 2020

The collection, dubbed “ BlueLeaks ” and made searchable online, stems from a security breach at a Texas web design and hosting company that maintains a number of state law enforcement data-sharing portals. A partial screenshot of the BlueLeaks data cache.

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Collibra

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

In 2021, Collibra quietly released Assessments, a privacy capability for data privacy stewards. Collibra Assessments enables data privacy stewards to design, publish and archive assessment templates. Let’s zoom in on our own usage data for assessments! But … we have not seen adoption of Assessments. We call it NPI.

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The Schedule

AUGUST 9, 2019

Hosted two online Hangouts: one in April on the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Stay tuned for more information on the substantive data, but here’s a look at the demographic data: All respondents have a college degree, and nearly 90% also have a master’s degree.

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The Schedule

APRIL 20, 2018

Today’s post is mainly in response to “ Digital Media and the Case of the Missing Archives ,” written by Danielle Tcholakian who in turn seems to have been inspired by an article in the Columbia Journalism Review. So let us start a mutual conversation with me first asking journalists, what do you mean by “archives”?

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 22, 2019

The data leak exposed sensitive personal information of thousands of users worldwide and hotel guests, along with a hotel and travel reservations. The list of affected users includes the US government, military, and Department of Homeland Security (DHS). . “For the US government, alarm bells should be ringing. .

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Preservica

MARCH 14, 2018

Oxford, London UK and Boston MA, March 14 2018: The Sainsbury Archive, which charts the growth and history of one of the UK’s largest supermarkets, has chosen Preservica’s AWS cloud-hosted digital preservation platform to actively preserve invaluable digital assets relating to the company’s operations.

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Data Protection Report

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

The declining cost of electronic data storage may have caused some company executives to conclude that retaining personal data forever is “cheap.” The matter involved one of France’s largest insurers, SGAM AG2R LA MONDIALE, which was subject to an inspection by the French data protection authority (the CNIL), in 2019.

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The Texas Record

APRIL 24, 2019

It turns out, it has a place in records management as well– at least according to the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). ” “Blockchain” is the latest technology buzzword mostly discussed alongside cryptocurrencies, methods of exchanging money using cryptography for security.

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