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List of data breaches and cyber attacks in February 2022 – 5.1 million records breached

IT Governance

The hacking group Anonymous has been more aggressive, launching attacks across Europe to give Vladimir Putin “a sip of his own bitter medicine”. In second largest DeFi hack ever, Blockchain bridge loses $320M ether (unknown) Scammer steals $15K from Excluded Workers Fund (unknown). Financial information.

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 15 – 21 April 2024

IT Governance

Publicly disclosed data breaches and cyber attacks: in the spotlight Criminal hackers threaten to leak World-Check screening database A criminal group known as GhostR claims to have stolen 5.3 million records from World-Check, a screening database used to screen potential customers for links to illegal activity and government sanctions.

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 15 – 21 January 2024

IT Governance

More than 10 million lines of Pastelería Mozart customer data apparently posted on dark web The Ynnian hacking group has posted 10,870,525 lines of data on the dark web, apparently originating from Pastelería Mozart, a popular bakery chain in Chile. VF Corporation confirms 35.5 million customers’ data. Data breached: 35,500,000 records.

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Encryption: How It Works, Types, and the Quantum Future

eSecurity Planet

Cryptanalysts are the individuals and groups responsible for breaking encryption algorithms for good, bad, and ugly reasons. . Not every application or network requires military-grade encryption – however, enterprise organizations can’t go wrong with the services offering the most strength. The Move to HTTPS.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Tales From A Ransomware Negotiator

ForAllSecure

VAMOSI: Four days after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, on February 28, 2022, members of the Conti ransomware group began leaking information about the internal operations. And criminal groups are typically going to be monetarily motivated. Conti, with ties to Russia, came out in support of Russia.

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An Approach to Cybersecurity Risk Oversight for Corporate Directors

Data Matters

In particular, in a blog article entitled, The NIST Cybersecurity Framework and the FTC , dated August 31, 2016, the FTC provided guidance suggesting that the NIST Cybersecurity Framework is consistent with the agency’s approach followed since the late 1990s in over 60 law enforcement actions and in business education guidance.