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

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We’ll also soon publish our 2023 review of publicly disclosed incidents and records known to be breached across the year, as well as our quarterly report, so keep an eye on our blog. billion records The security researcher Jeremiah Fowler discovered an unprotected database exposing more than 1.5 Data breached: >151,000,000 records.

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 22 – 28 April 2024

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Keyboard app vulnerabilities reveal keystrokes to network eavesdroppers Security researchers have identified critical security vulnerabilities in Cloud-based pinyin keyboard apps from Baidu, Inc., We identified certain accounts that we believe are affiliated with the Spy.pet website, which we have subsequently banned.”

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 4 – 10 December 2023

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Researchers from the German cyber security company Aplite discovered 3,806 servers from 111 countries accessible on the Internet. million LivaNova Source 1 ; source 2 (New) Manufacturing UK Yes 2.2 million LivaNova Source 1 ; source 2 (New) Manufacturing UK Yes 2.2 Source (New) Manufacturing Canada Yes 1.2

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 27 November – 3 December 2023

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The security researcher Bob Diachenko of SecurityDiscovery first identified the exposed information in mid-September. Data breached: over 300 million records. The company’s description of the incident suggested ransomware. We’ve also found 9 organisations providing a significant update on a previously disclosed incident.

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

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Kid Security breached again: children’s live GPS locations exposed on the Internet Last November , the parental control app Kid Security, which allows parents to monitor and control their children’s online safety, was found to have exposed more than 300 million records via misconfigured Elasticsearch and Logstash instances.

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

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Compromised data includes names, passport numbers, Social Security numbers, online crypto account identifiers and bank account numbers. million accounts compromised in Le Slip Français data breach The French underwear manufacturer Le Slip Français has suffered a data breach. Data breached: 5,300,000 records.

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

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Publicly disclosed data breaches and cyber attacks: in the spotlight More than 70 million email addresses added to Have I Been Pwned The security researcher Troy Hunt has added more than 70 million email addresses from the Naz.API data set to his Have I Been Pwned data breach notification service. VF Corporation confirms 35.5