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List of data breaches and cyber attacks in December 2022 – 31.5 million records breached

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Ransomware. New Zealand health insurer Accuro says it’s been hacked (unknown). Knox College president addresses ransomware incident (unknown). Cyber attack on NZ’s largest insurer of doctors MAS may have exposed members’ personal data (unknown). Ransomware. Cetrogar hit by ransomware (unknown). Learn more.

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Ask Fitis, the Bear: Real Crooks Sign Their Malware

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More recently, it appears Megatraffer has been working with ransomware groups to help improve the stealth of their malware. The email address akafitis@gmail.com was used to create a Livejournal blog profile named Fitis that has a large bear as its avatar. The exposed files in the archived version of fitis[.]ru su from 2008.

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 12 – 18 February 2024

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ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware gang adds 2.7 TB of ASA Electronics data to its leak site The ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware gang is attempting to extort a ransom from ASA Electronics for 2.7 Welfare Benefits Plan Source 1 ; source 2 New Healthcare USA Yes 13,079 Insurance ACE/Humana Inc. Date breached: 384,658,212 records.

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6,009,014 MovieBoxPro Accounts Breached in Another Data Scraping Incident

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At least 191 Australian organisations affected by ZircoDATA ransomware attack The ransomware group BlackBasta listed Australia-based ZircoDATA as a victim in February, allegedly exfiltrating 395 GB of data. Source 1 ; source 2 (Update) Insurance USA Yes 75,101 Airsoftc3.com Alternatively, you can view our full archive.

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Data protection strategy: Key components and best practices

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Data availability —ensuring critical data is available for business operations even during a data breach, malware or ransomware attack. The phases of DLM include data creation, data storage, data sharing and usage, data archiving, and data deletion. Failure to comply with these data protection laws can result in hefty fines.

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 5 – 11 February 2024

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Compromised data includes policyholders’ and their families’ civil status, dates of birth and social security numbers, as well as the name of their health insurer and information relating to their contracts. The most profitable ransomware gangs were ALPHV/BlackCat, Clop, Play, LockBit, BlackBasta, Royal, Ransomhouse and Dark Angels.

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

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LockBit claims responsibility for Capital Health security incident The LockBit ransomware group has claimed responsibility for an attack on Capital Health , a healthcare provider in Pennington, New Jersey, last November. Alternatively, you can view our full archive. Data breached: 41,500,000 records. Information relating to nearly 4.5