IT Governance

JUNE 29, 2023

This week, we discuss 100,000 compromised ChatGPT credentials, a data breach affecting the LetMeSpy stalkerware app, and a potential security vulnerability in Microsoft Teams that could be exploited to spread malware. Also available on Spotify , Amazon Music , Apple Podcasts and SoundCloud.

Government 90

Government IT Data breaches Security 90

IT Governance

JUNE 1, 2023

IT Governance found 98 publicly disclosed security incidents in May 2023, accounting for 98,226,877 breached records. You can find the full list below, divided into four categories: cyber attacks, ransomware, data breaches, and malicious insiders and miscellaneous incidents.

Data breaches 98

Data breaches Ransomware Insurance Personal data 98

IT Governance

MARCH 20, 2024

In the UK, cyber security has been dropping down the board’s list of priorities. The UK government’s Cyber Security Breaches Survey 2023 confirms this trend. Fewer directors, trustees and other senior managers of both UK businesses and charities see cyber security as a high priority in 2023 compared to 2022.

Security 116

Security Data breaches Government Insurance 116

IT Governance

MARCH 1, 2023

Welcome to our February 2023 list of data breaches and cyber attacks. Our research identified 106 publicly disclosed incidents accounting for 29,582,356 breached records this month. IT Governance is dedicated to helping organisations tackle the threat of cyber crime and other information security weaknesses.

Data breaches 130

Data breaches Ransomware e-Delivery Government 130

IT Governance

JANUARY 9, 2023

Welcome to our review of security incidents for 2022, in which we take a closer look at the information gathered in our monthly lists of data breaches and cyber attacks. IT Governance discovered 1,063 security incidents in 2022, which accounted for 480,014,323 breached records. That represents an 14.8%

Data breaches 126

Data breaches Ransomware Government Passwords 126

IT Governance

JUNE 9, 2022

This week, we look at a $150 million fine for Twitter, phishing attacks affecting the Twitter followers of the digital artist Beeple and users of the accounting platform QuickBooks, and a massive data breach affecting Pegasus Airlines. Plus we talk about security issues facing organisations with a remote or hybrid workforce.

Government 105

Government IT Data breaches Security 105

IT Governance

APRIL 12, 2022

Welcome to our first quarterly review of security incidents for 2022, in which we take a closer look at the information gathered in our monthly list of data breaches and cyber attacks. IT Governance discovered 266 security incidents between January and March 2022, which accounted for 75,099,482 breached records.

Data breaches 115

Data breaches Ransomware Government Retail 115

Krebs on Security

AUGUST 16, 2021

On Sunday, Vice.com broke the news that someone was selling data on 100 million people, and that the data came from T-Mobile. The hacker(s) claim the purloined data also includes IMSI and IMEI data for 36 million customers. ” T-Mobile declined to comment beyond what the company said in its blog post today.

Data breaches 316

Data breaches Access Retail Sales 316

IT Governance

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Welcome to our third quarterly review of security incidents for 2022, in which we take a closer look at the information gathered in our monthly list of data breaches and cyber attacks. It brings the annual running total of security incidents to 788 and number of compromised records to 406,385,597.

Data breaches 116

Data breaches Ransomware Phishing Government 116

Data Matters

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Death, taxes and data breaches. These threats lead to direct costs on victims, and these costs have also grown exponentially in recent years, as readers of the famed annual Ponemon data breach report well know. In 2021, the average total cost of a data breach rose to $4.24

Data breaches 97

Data breaches Security Compliance Cloud 97

IT Governance

JANUARY 5, 2024

IT Governance’s research found the following for December 2023: 1,351 publicly disclosed security incidents. 2,241,916,765 records known to be breached. Another noteworthy incident, a JavaScript web injection malware campaign affecting more than 40 organisations at once,* was uncovered by security researchers.

Data breaches 97

Data breaches Insurance Manufacturing Ransomware 97

IT Governance

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

IT Governance’s research has discovered the following for October 2023: 114 publicly disclosed security incidents. 867,072,315 records known to be breached. You’ll also be able to download each month’s data (and our sources) from the same page as the corresponding Dashboard.

Data breaches 87

Data breaches Insurance Ransomware Education 87

IT Governance

APRIL 3, 2023

Welcome to our March 2023 list of data breaches and cyber attacks. Our research identified exactly 100 publicly disclosed incidents during the month, accounting for 41,970,182 breached records. In each case, the victim has reported that it was breached through the GoAnywhere MFT remote code execution vulnerability.

Data breaches 119

Data breaches Ransomware Phishing Government 119

IT Governance

DECEMBER 5, 2023

IT Governance’s research has found the following for November 2023: 470 publicly disclosed security incidents. 519,111,354 records known to be breached. You’ll also be able to download this in the near future, along with the month’s data (and our sources). This blog provides analysis of the data we’ve collected.

Data breaches 113

Data breaches Ransomware Access Security 113

IT Governance

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Welcome to our third quarterly review of security incidents for 2021, in which we take a closer look at the information gathered in our monthly list of cyber attacks and data breaches. IT Governance discovered 266 security incidents between July and September 2021, which accounted for 185,721,284 breaches records.

Data breaches 130

Data breaches Retail Government Ransomware 130

IT Governance

JUNE 30, 2022

Welcome to our June 2022 review of data breaches and cyber attacks. We identified 80 security incidents during the month, resulting in 34,908,053 compromised records. Meanwhile, be sure to subscribe to our Weekly Round-up to receive the latest cyber security news and advice delivered straight to your inbox. Data breaches.

Data breaches 136

Data breaches Ransomware Personal data Blockchain 136

IT Governance

MARCH 1, 2022

The cyber security industry, much like the rest of the world, is on edge. Our figures for this month are comparatively low – with 83 data breaches and cyber attacks accounting for 5,127,241 breached records – but there is a sense that we are on the brink of something. Data breaches. Cyber attacks.

Data breaches 134

Data breaches Ransomware Government Blockchain 134

IT Governance

JANUARY 3, 2023

December can be the best or worst time to suffer a data breach. On the one hand, people have started to wind down to the end of the year, all attention is on holidays and a data breach is more likely to fall under the data. But for the very same reasons, a December data breach can be the worst possible scenario.

Data breaches 115

Data breaches Ransomware e-Discovery Insurance 115

The Last Watchdog

JUNE 12, 2023

Information privacy and information security are two different things. Related: Tapping hidden pools of security talent Information privacy is the ability to control who (or what) can view or access information that is collected about you or your customers. They take all this private information, and then they sell it.

Information Security 202

Information Security Privacy Security Data breaches 202

IT Governance

JULY 11, 2022

Welcome to our second quarterly review of security incidents for 2022, in which we take a closer look at the information gathered in our monthly list of data breaches and cyber attacks. IT Governance discovered 237 security incidents between April and June 2022, which accounted for 99,019,967 breached records.

Data breaches 105

Data breaches Ransomware Phishing Government 105

IT Governance

JUNE 1, 2022

Welcome to our May 2022 review of data breaches and cyber attacks. We identified 77 security incidents during the month, resulting in 49,782,129 compromised records. Meanwhile, be sure to subscribe to our Weekly Round-up to receive the latest cyber security news and advice delivered straight to your inbox. Data breaches.

Data breaches 126

Data breaches Ransomware Phishing Education 126

IT Governance

JANUARY 4, 2022

But before we turn our attention to 2022, we must first round out 2021 with our final monthly review of data breaches and cyber attacks. December saw 74 publicly disclosed security incidents, which accounted for 219,310,808 breached records. Data breaches. Cyber attacks. Ransomware. Financial information.

Data breaches 131

Data breaches Ransomware Government Sales 131

IT Governance

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Welcome to our November 2022 review of data breaches and cyber attacks. We identified 95 security incidents throughout the month, accounting for 32,051,144 breached records. The first was a data breach at Twitter, in the latest PR disaster for the social media giant. Data breaches. Ransomware.

Data breaches 115

Data breaches Ransomware Personal data Insurance 115

IT Governance

AUGUST 1, 2022

Welcome to our July 2022 review of data breaches and cyber attacks. We identified 85 security incidents during the month, resulting in 99,243,757 compromised records. Meanwhile, be sure to subscribe to our Weekly Round-up to receive the latest cyber security news and advice delivered straight to your inbox. Data breaches.

Data breaches 119

Data breaches Ransomware Insurance Access 119

IT Governance

MARCH 31, 2022

In March, we discovered 88 publicly disclosed cyber security incidents, accounting for 3,987,593 breached records. That brings the total number of breached records in the first quarter of 2022 to 75,099,482. Meanwhile, you can find the full list of cyber attacks and data breaches for March 2022 below. Ransomware.

Data breaches 111

Data breaches Ransomware Insurance Government 111

IBM Big Data Hub

MAY 9, 2024

The healthcare industry faces arguably the highest stakes when it comes to data governance. For starters, healthcare organizations constantly encounter vast (and ever-increasing) amounts of highly regulated personal data. healthcare, managing the accuracy, quality and integrity of data is the focus of data governance.

Government 69

Government GDPR Compliance Analytics 69

IT Governance

JANUARY 20, 2022

Welcome to our review of security incidents for 2021, in which we take a closer look at the information gathered in our monthly list of data breaches and cyber attacks. IT Governance discovered 1,243 security incidents in 2021, which accounted for 5,126,930,507 breached records. billion).

Data breaches 144

Data breaches Ransomware Phishing Government 144

IT Governance

DECEMBER 1, 2021

In November, we discovered 81 publicly disclosed cyber security incidents, accounting for 223,615,390 breached records. In the meantime, you can find the full list of security incidents below, with those affecting UK organisations listed in bold. Data breaches. Cyber attacks. Ransomware. Financial information.

Data breaches 141

Data breaches Ransomware Computer and Electronics Healthcare 141

IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

In a month that saw the former US president accused of misappropriating classified government documents, there were also a spate of malicious insiders compromising their employer’s systems. In total, we identified 112 publicly disclosed security incidents in August, resulting in 97,456,345 compromised records. Data breaches.

Data breaches 116

Data breaches Ransomware Energy and Utilities Phishing 116

IT Governance

JANUARY 7, 2019

This blog has been updated to reflect industry updates. The EU GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) requires organisations to respond to serious data breaches within 72 hours of detection. Identifying a suspected cyber security incident. Determining the potential business impact of the cyber security incident.

Data breaches 143

Data breaches GDPR Security Government 143

IT Governance

MAY 2, 2023

Welcome to our April 2023 list of data breaches and cyber attacks. Our research identified 120 publicly disclosed incidents during the month, accounting for 4,353,257 breached records. You can find the full list of data breaches and cyber attacks below, along with our rundown of the biggest incidents of the month.

Data breaches 105

Data breaches Ransomware Personal data Access 105

IT Governance

JUNE 21, 2022

Data governance and regulatory compliance go hand in hand. Organisations need robust governance practices if they are to stay on top of their legal requirements, while those obligations are designed to help them operate more effectively. Why is data governance important?

Compliance 136

Compliance Government GDPR Sales 136

IT Governance

JULY 10, 2023

Welcome to our second quarterly review of cyber attacks and data breaches for 2023. In this article, we take a closer look at the information gathered in our monthly list of security breaches , and delve into the infosec landscape over the past three months.

Data breaches 73

Data breaches Ransomware Encryption Government 73

IT Governance

APRIL 30, 2020

With only 49 reported data breaches and cyber attacks this month, you might have thought April was a calm month in the cyber security department. So how can we account for dip in reported data breaches? So how can we account for dip in reported data breaches?

Data breaches 141

Data breaches Ransomware Sales Government 141

IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

This week, we discuss a potential fine of £27 million for TikTok, a data breach caused by a phishing attack on American Airlines and a $35 million penalty for Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC after ”extensive” security failures. Now available on Spotify , Amazon Music , Apple Podcasts and SoundCloud.

Government 102

Government IT Data breaches Phishing 102

IT Governance

JULY 13, 2021

Welcome to our second quarterly review of security incidents for 2021, in which we take a closer look at the information gathered in our monthly list of cyber attacks and data breaches. In this blog, we provide an overview of the security landscape in the past three months, and look at key statistics and observations.

Data breaches 98

Data breaches Retail Ransomware Government 98

IT Governance

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Welcome to our October 2022 review of data breaches and cyber attacks. We identified 102 security incidents throughout the month, which is the second largest figure so far this year – trailing only August (112). However, it’s a warning sign for all organisations about the dangers of misconfigured Internet-facing servers.

Data breaches 111

Data breaches Ransomware Insurance Phishing 111