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List of data breaches and cyber attacks in November 2021 – 223.6 million records breached

IT Governance

Data breaches. Data breaches. Keep an eye out for our end-of-year report in the next few weeks, where we’ll break down the findings of these lists – or subscribe to our Weekly Round-up to get the latest news sent straight to your inbox. Cyber attacks. Ransomware. Financial information. In other news…. Cyber attacks.

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List of data breaches and cyber attacks in June 2021 – 9.8 million records breached

IT Governance

And don’t forget to subscribe to our Weekly Round-up to receive the latest industry news and advice – including our Q2 review of data breaches and cyber attacks, based on these lists, which will be published in early July. Data breaches. Cyber attacks. Ransomware. Financial information. In other news…. Cyber attacks.

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List of data breaches and cyber attacks in December 2020 – 148 million records breached

IT Governance

We’ll have a separate post looking at the year’s data breaches and cyber attacks in more detail, but in the meantime, you can find the full list of December’s incidents below. Data breaches. Data breaches. That brings the total for 2020 to more than 20 billion. Cyber attacks. Ransomware. In other news….

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CryptoAgility to take advantage of Quantum Computing

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

CryptoAgility to take advantage of Quantum Computing. The same goes with the advent of Quantum Computing , which is supposed to bring exponential computing power that shall not only bring endless benefits but also raises question marks on the current state of cryptography that is the bedrock of all information security as we know today.

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How should you investigate a data breach?

IT Governance

Digital Guardian recently asked a group of cyber security experts what the most important step is following a data breach. So how should you approach a data breach investigation? This might be, for example,the victim’s computer, a web page or a physical space in which documents were compromised. The crime scene.

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First Multistate HIPAA Data Breach Lawsuit May Signal Increased State Interest in Data Security Enforcement

Data Matters

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. , filed Dec.

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List of data breaches and cyber attacks in October 2018 – 44,701,278 records leaked

IT Governance

Rather than posting the usual long list of data breaches and cyber attacks, I’ve decided to go down a new route. These monthly blogs will now look at three lesser-known stories in detail, as well as give a total number for all records exposed in the month. The law will apply to consumer electronics from 2020.