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UK Nuclear Cleanup Site Faces Criminal Cybersecurity Charges

Data Breach Today

Probe Finds 'Largest and Most Hazardous Nuclear Site' Violated Security Laws Britain's nuclear power watchdog said it plans to prosecute the country's "largest and most hazardous nuclear site," Sellafield, for violating nuclear industry cybersecurity regulations from 2019 to 2023.

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4 Ways to Determine ROI around Data Cleanup

Everteam

You need to show them not only why you need to perform a data cleanup, but prove the ROI behind it. Disposing of unneeded information and organizing and moving data to secure locations can help reduce the amount of information taken in a breach. Keep in mind that data cleanup isn’t a one-time effort.

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10 Highlights: Infosecurity Europe 2019 Keynotes

Data Breach Today

Maersk on NotPetya Cleanup, Troy Hunt on Kid-Perpetrated Data Breaches, and More Data breaches, incident response and complying with the burgeoning number of regulations that have an information security impact were among the top themes at this year's Infosecurity Europe conference in London.

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IBM Cloud inactive identities: Ideas for automated processing

IBM Big Data Hub

Regular cleanup is part of all account administration and security best practices, not just for cloud environments. Inactive identities pose a security risk because they might be no longer maintained and be easier to attack. Some readers provided feedback and asked on how to proceed and act on identified inactive identities.

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Atlanta's Reported Ransomware Bill: Up to $17 Million

Data Breach Today

City Didn't Pay Ransom, But Spends for Cleanup, New Devices, Better Security The cost of the city of Atlanta's mitigation and subsequent IT overhaul following a massive SamSam ransomware infection in March could reach $17 million, of which $6 million has already been budgeted for new devices, security enhancements as well as upgrades, according to (..)

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Hackers exploited WordPress Popup Builder plugin flaw to compromise 3,300 sites

Security Affairs

Following the cleanup, immediately update the Popup Builder plugin to the latest version to secure your site from this malware. . “To prevent reinfection, you will also want to scan your website at the client and server level to find any hidden website backdoors.

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A ransomware attack took 100 Romanian hospitals down

Security Affairs

Romanian Ministry of Health added that cybersecurity specialists, including cybersecurity experts from the National Cyber Security Directorate, are monitoring the situation. Another 79 hospitals took their systems down as a precautionary measure.