IT Governance

DECEMBER 27, 2019

A royal baby, a fire at Notre-Dame, the highest grossing film of all time and more than 12 billion breached data records: 2019 has been quite a year. Among other news: B&Q breached the personal data of 70,000 people who had been caught stealing products from its stores.

Data breaches 69

Data breaches GDPR Passwords Personal data 69

IT Governance

MAY 4, 2021

Ransomware was again one of the biggest contributors to that total, accounting for almost one in three data breaches. In case you missed it, you may also be interested in our first quarterly review of data breaches and cyber attacks. Data breaches. Cyber attacks. Ransomware. Financial information. In other news…. Cyber attacks.

Data breaches 115

Data breaches Ransomware Computer and Electronics Healthcare 115

IT Governance

MARCH 5, 2024

At the end of each month, these incidents – and any others that we find – will be used to inform our monthly analysis of data breaches and cyber attacks. Data breached: 183,754,481 records. EasyPark data breach: 21.1 million data records belonging to EasyPark have been listed for sale on a hacking forum.

Data Privacy 52

Data Privacy Privacy Manufacturing Retail 52

The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

Malware, a combination of the terms ‘malicious’ and ‘software,’ includes all malicious programs that intend to exploit computer devices or entire network infrastructures to extract victim’s data, disrupt business operations, or simply, cause chaos. Unfortunately, this could be your computer trying to give away the presence of malware.

Computer and Electronics 113

Computer and Electronics Phishing Ransomware Encryption 113

Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 14, 2023

retail giant Target was battling a wide-ranging computer intrusion that compromised more than 40 million customer payment cards over the previous month. ChronoPay internal emails show that Freefrog was one of its investment projects that facilitated the sale of pirated Mp3 files. 18, 2013, KrebsOnSecurity broke the news that U.S.

Computer and Electronics 225

Computer and Electronics Marketing Sales Healthcare 225