Security Affairs

JANUARY 20, 2023

PayPal is sending out data breach notifications to thousands of users because their accounts were compromised through credential stuffing attacks. The company added that the unauthorized accessed were the result of credential stuffing attacks and that its systems were not breached. What is credential stuffing? ” said Gal.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 4, 2022

The Broward Health public health system disclosed a massive data breach that has impacted more than 1.3 The Broward Health public health system has suffered a data breach that impacted 1,357,879 individuals. ” reads the data breach notification letter sent to the impacted individuals.

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Data Matters

JANUARY 14, 2019

On December 19, 2018, Ohio adopted the National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ (NAIC) Insurance Data Security Model Law. The Act is designed to “establish standards for data security and for the investigation and notification to the Superintendent of Insurance of a cybersecurity event.”.

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Data Matters

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

On December 28, 2018, Michigan adopted the National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ (NAIC) Insurance Data Security Model Law in the form of Michigan H.B. The Act defines licensees as persons authorized, registered, or licensed under Michigan insurance laws or required to be so. 6491 (Act). MCL § 500.550.

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Data Matters

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

On December 3, 2018, twelve attorneys general (“AGs”) jointly filed a data breach lawsuit against Medical Informatics Engineering and its subsidiary, NoMoreClipboard LLC (collectively “the Company”), an electronic health records company, in federal district court in Indiana. See Indiana v. Informatics Eng’g, Inc. , 3:18-cv-00969 (N.D.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 25, 2021

Researchers discovered the availability in the DarK Web of 30M of records of Americans affected by the Astoria Company data breach. Collected data si shared with a number of partner sites (such as insurance or loan agencies), that pay per lead referral. DATABASE SALE ON DARKWEB MARKETS. ” continues the experts.

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Data Matters

JULY 30, 2018

In October 2017, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) adopted an Insurance Data Security Model Law. On May 3, 2018, South Carolina became the first state to enact this Model Law, in the form of the South Carolina Insurance Data Security Act (H.B.

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IT Governance

JUNE 15, 2022

In an increasingly digital world, there are an escalating number of cyber security risks for business to address. IT Governance identified more than 1,200 publicly disclosed data breaches in 2021 , while another report found that security incidents cost almost £3 million on average. Poor patch management. Weak passwords.

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Rocket Software

AUGUST 17, 2020

Depending on what industry you’re in, your approach to security may be very different. For some sectors, like finance, security and data protection are top of mind for everything that is done. Financial services organizations typically experience the most data breaches and hacks, which makes security a priority.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 27, 2023

Customers can access a Salesforce Community website in two ways: Authenticated access (requiring login), and guest user access (no login required). This misconfigured Salesforce Community site from the state of Vermont was leaking pandemic assistance loan application data, including names, SSNs, email address and bank account information.

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

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. Records breached: 815,000,000 Milford Management Corp. It secured its systems, notified law enforcement and began investigating the incident.

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

The Australian health insurance giant fell victim to ransomware in October, as a result of which the personal data of 9.7 Although the latter part of his statement might not be true – the unfortunate reality is that data breaches like this are now common – the broader argument is fair. The extent of the damage.

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Hunton Privacy

OCTOBER 25, 2022

million fine to Interserve Group Limited for failing to keep employee personal data secure, which violates Article 5(1)(f) and Article 32 of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”), during the period of March 2019 to December 2020. On October 24, 2022, the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (“ICO”) issued a £4.4

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free for you in your email box. A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press.

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IBM Big Data Hub

MAY 28, 2024

To fulfill these principles, data protection strategies generally focus on the following three areas: Data security —protecting digital information from unauthorized access, corruption or theft throughout its entire lifecycle. These data breaches can cost their victims in many ways.

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Hunton Privacy

JULY 1, 2022

In its consent order , the Department noted that the cybersecurity events had caused the exposure of a substantial amount of sensitive personal data belonging to Carnival’s customers, including those residing in New York. NYDFS also found that Carnival had failed to implement basic protocols to prevent data breaches.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 4, 2020

One of the most-read advice columns on this site is a 2018 piece called “ Plant Your Flag, Mark Your Territory ,” which tried to impress upon readers the importance of creating accounts at websites like those at the Social Security Administration , the IRS and others before crooks do it for you.

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Hunton Privacy

MAY 9, 2019

As reported by Bloomberg Law , on May 7, 2019, Washington State Governor Jay Inslee signed a bill ( HB 1071 ) amending Washington’s data breach notification law. HB 1071 provides that if the breach involves a username or password, an entity may provide notice by email. HB 1071 expands the definition of “personal information.”

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OpenText Information Management

MAY 10, 2024

If it’s not accurate, accessible, and secure, organizations won’t get the desired results. When it comes to the challenges organizations face in implementing AI, respondents listed issues related to data management as the most significant. and personal or sensitive data types (e.g., PI/ PII, PCI, PHI, etc.).

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 17, 2023

Security experts investigating 16Shop found the service used an application programming interface (API) to manage its users, an innovation that allowed its proprietors to shut off access to customers who failed to pay a monthly fee, or for those attempting to copy or pirate the phishing kit.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 23, 2020

In May 2019, KrebsOnSecurity broke the news that the website of mortgage title insurance giant First American Financial Corp. based First American [ NYSE:FAF ] is a leading provider of title insurance and settlement services to the real estate and mortgage industries. It employs some 18,000 people and brought in $6.2 billion in 2019.

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Hunton Privacy

JUNE 22, 2020

On July 1, 2020, amendments to Vermont’s data breach notification law, signed into law earlier this year, will take effect along with Vermont’s new student privacy law. Security Breach Notice Act. Special notification procedures apply where a breach is limited to login credentials for an email account.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 9, 2021

The company notified via mail hundreds of individuals that were impacted by the security breach and that that have had their personal data exposed in the attack. . ” reads the breach notification sent by the company to the impacted individuals. SecurityAffairs – hacking, data breach).

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Krebs on Security

MAY 31, 2019

On May 24, KrebsOnSecurity broke the news that First American had just fixed a weakness in its Web site that exposed approximately 885 million documents — many of them with Social Security and bank account numbers — going back at least 16 years. No authentication was needed to access the digitized records. ” .

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Data Protection Report

AUGUST 29, 2017

Earlier this month, Delaware revamped its data breach notification law, with changes to go into effect April 14, 2018. Most notably, the new law requires any entity that has suffered a data breach that includes social security numbers to provide free credit monitoring services to affected residents for one year.

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IBM Big Data Hub

JULY 7, 2023

Threats to your data are virtually everywhere these days, and too often, data compromises seem almost inevitable. But with a proactive approach to data security, organizations can fight back against the seemingly endless waves of threats. Data breaches can be disastrous for organizations.

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Hunton Privacy

MAY 24, 2018

On April 11, 2018, Arizona amended its data breach notification law (the “amended law”). The amended law also defines “personal information” to include “an individual’s user name or e-mail address, in combination with a password or security question and answer, which allows access to an online account.”.

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Hunton Privacy

JUNE 17, 2019

The settlement resolves a multistate litigation arising out of a May 2015 data breach in which hackers infiltrated WebChart, a web application run by MIE, and stole the electronic Protected Health Information (“ePHI”) of over 3.9 million individuals. failed to encrypt the sensitive ePHI.

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Hunton Privacy

JUNE 6, 2019

Previously, OCITPA required any entity, public or private, that “owns, licenses, maintains, manages, collects, processes, acquires or otherwise possesses personal information” in the course of business to notify affected Oregon consumers as well as the Oregon Attorney General following a data breach.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 4, 2019

Securities and Exchange Commission , LabCorp. said it learned that the breach at AMCA persisted between Aug. AMCA has advised LabCorp that Social Security Numbers and insurance identification information are not stored or maintained for LabCorp consumers.” But today’s disclosure by LabCorp. ” ANALYSIS.

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IT Governance

JUNE 7, 2024

This trend was confirmed by the 2024 Data Breach Investigations Report : Verizon found a significant jump in ransomware/extortion attacks compared to the 2023 report. About Vanessa Horton Vanessa holds a degree in computer forensics, as well as a number of cyber security and forensics qualifications.

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HL Chronicle of Data Protection

MAY 13, 2019

In the past two years, multiple state bills that have been introduced in the US to provide for cybersecurity requirements and standards to the insurance sector, with recent legislative activity taking place in particular within the States of Ohio, South Carolina, and Michigan. NYDFS: Setting a new bar for state cybersecurity regulation.

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DLA Piper Privacy Matters

JULY 30, 2019

It’s summer, and life’s a breach. A data breach, that is. It’s your service provider’s breach, but it involves your (more likely, your customer’s) data. So put down the beach reading, for some breach reading. Who “owns” a data breach?

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Data Protection Report

JANUARY 29, 2018

Last week, South Dakota moved closer to implementing a data breach notification law, while Colorado legislators introduced a new bill requiring “reasonable security procedures,” imposing data disposal rules and shortening the time frame in which to alert authorities regarding a breach. Healthcare Data.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JUNE 15, 2023

A Guide to Key Management as a Service madhav Thu, 06/15/2023 - 11:29 As companies adopt a cloud-first strategy and high-profile breaches hit the headlines, securing sensitive data has become a paramount business concern. The most effective way to ensure data security is through encryption and proper key management.

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

The Cyber Essentials scheme is a world-leading assurance mechanism for organisations of all sizes to help demonstrate that the most critical cyber security controls have been implemented. Deficient access controls result in security breaches. Secure your access controls.

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Data Protection Report

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Organizations are increasingly susceptible to risks outside their controlled IT infrastructure as they engage third-party vendors to manage online platforms and process data. Defining Information Security Practices. Data breach notification. Security controls. PCI DSS, NIST and ISO 27002).

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