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Black Basta Ransomware gang accumulated at least $107 million in Bitcoin ransom payments since early 2022

Security Affairs

A joint research by Elliptic and Corvus Insurance revealed that the group accumulated at least $107 million in Bitcoin ransom payments since early 2022. The researchers analyzed blockchain transactions, they discovered a clear link between Black Basta and the Conti Group. The average ransom payment was $1.2 in Germany, and 5.9%

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 1 – 7 January 2024

IT Governance

million people was compromised, including names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, taxpayer identification numbers, medical information, health insurance information, and billing and claims information. KG Source 1 ; source 2 (New) Manufacturing Germany Yes 1.1 Information relating to nearly 4.5

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The Scammers’ Playbook: How Cybercriminals Get Ahold of Your Data

eSecurity Planet

According to the 2021 IBM Threat Force Intelligence Index , Manufacturing was the industry most likely to be attacked last year, comprising 23.2% Finance and insurance finished a close second at 22.4%. Finance and insurance companies were particularly vulnerable to the sort of phishing scams we’re talking about.

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 20 – 26 November 2023

IT Governance

Known records breached SAP SE Source (New) Technology Bulgaria Unknown 95,592,696 TmaxSoft Source (New) Technology South Korea Yes 56,000,000+ NTT Business Solutions Source (New) Telecoms Japan Yes 9,000,000 Welltok Source (New) Technology USA Yes 8,493,379 Online platform or service used by Turkish healthcare providers or the Ministry of Health (probably) (..)

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The Orion blockchain database: Empowering multi-party data governance

IBM Big Data Hub

Blockchain databases were designed to enhance trust in centralized ecosystems by incorporating tamper-evidence features into traditional databases. However, existing blockchain databases lack efficient tools for multiple parties to control shared data on the ledger.

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

IT Governance

In the midst of all this, organisations across Europe have reported delays as a result of alleged state-sponsored attacks – including Toyota’s Japanese plants and a kettle manufacturer in the Isle of Man. In second largest DeFi hack ever, Blockchain bridge loses $320M ether (unknown) Scammer steals $15K from Excluded Workers Fund (unknown).

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The Weeks in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 18 – 31 December 2023

IT Governance

TB exfiltrated Comcast Cable Communications, LLC (Xfinity) Source 1 ; source 2 (New) Telecoms USA Yes 35,879,455 Tecnoquadri Srl Source (New) Manufacturing Italy Yes 33,000,000 Asia Insurance Co.