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

IT Governance

Keyboard app vulnerabilities reveal keystrokes to network eavesdroppers Security researchers have identified critical security vulnerabilities in Cloud-based pinyin keyboard apps from Baidu, Inc., Honor, Huawei, iFlytek, OPPO, Samsung Electronics, Tencent, Vivo and Xiaomi Technology. Data breached: 4,186,879,104 messages.

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

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Mobile network database breach exposes 750 million Indians’ personal data The Indian security company CloudSEK claims to have found the personal data of 750 million Indians for sale on an “underground forum”. Compromised data includes victims’ names, addresses, phone numbers and Aadhaar numbers (a 12-digit government identification number).

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GDPR and The Data Governance Imperative

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This is the 12th post in a series on privacy by Andrew Pery. Data Privacy and Open Data: Secondary Uses under GDPR. Mitigate Data Privacy and Security Risks with Machine Learning. The Privacy and Security Dichotomy. Privacy by Design: The Intersection of Law and Technology.

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 26 February – 3 March 2024

IT Governance

Source (New) Engineering Japan Yes >5 TB Array Networks Source (New) Cyber security USA Yes 2.5 According to Bleeping Computer , Crimemarket “was the largest cybercrime market in the country and a hub for trading illegal drugs, narcotics, and cybercrime services, while it also hosted tutorials/guides for conducting various crimes”.

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List of data breaches and cyber attacks in June 2021 – 9.8 million records breached

IT Governance

We found a comparatively low 9,780,931 breached records from publicly disclosed security incidents in June 2021. June’s figures bring the annual running total of security incidents to 729 and the total number of breached records to 3,947,030,094.

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List of data breaches and cyber attacks in November 2021 – 223.6 million records breached

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In November, we discovered 81 publicly disclosed cyber security incidents, accounting for 223,615,390 breached records. Keep an eye out for our end-of-year report in the next few weeks, where we’ll break down the findings of these lists – or subscribe to our Weekly Round-up to get the latest news sent straight to your inbox.

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List of data breaches and cyber attacks in May 2020 – 8.8 billion records breached

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Meanwhile, you can stay up to date with the latest news by subscribing to our Weekly Round-up or visiting our blog. Wright County, MN, government notifies those affected by cyber attack (12,320). Advanced Computer Software Group exposed data of 190 law firms (10,000). Cyber attacks. Data breaches.