IT Governance

JULY 1, 2021

We found a comparatively low 9,780,931 breached records from publicly disclosed security incidents in June 2021. But don’t be fooled by that number – it comes from 106 incidents, which is roughly average for the year. 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.

Data breaches 130

Data breaches Ransomware Computer and Electronics Retail 130

IT Governance

JANUARY 4, 2021

In other news… Federal agencies warn that hackers are targeting US think tanks Class action suit launched against Dell after data breach led to years of scam calls Ransomware masquerades as mobile version of Cyberpunk 2077.

Data breaches 116

Data breaches Ransomware Energy and Utilities Computer and Electronics 116

ChiefTech

OCTOBER 14, 2008

The IBF list the following examples of hard-to-reach staff: factory workers retail staff field engineers building inspectors consultants sales teams flight and rail workers catering staff building inspectors call centre representatives insurance assessors.

Computer and Electronics 40

Computer and Electronics Mining Retail Records Management 40

Reltio

JUNE 20, 2019

I got good grades in mathematics at school but it was an evening class in secondary school that I took in what was then called EDP (Electronic Data Processing) that got me started. We didn’t even have a computer at that school so the whole class was about things drawn on the blackboard. Getting a more holistic view on data. Also DaaS.

MDM 49

MDM Manufacturing Computer and Electronics Digital transformation 49

IT Governance

MARCH 5, 2024

TB Turtlemint Source (New) Insurance India Yes 1,800,000 Chunghwa Telecom Source (New) Telecoms Taiwan Yes 1.7 TB LDLC Source (New) Retail France Yes 1,500,000 APROA Source (New) Professional services Argentina Yes 1,197,562 Petrus Resources Ltd. The claim is yet to be verified. Data breached: 183,754,481 records.

Data Privacy 52

Data Privacy Privacy Manufacturing Retail 52

IT Governance

JANUARY 30, 2024

Source (New) Retail USA Yes 2,588,849 Keenan & Associates Source 1 ; source 2 (Update) Insurance USA Yes 1,509,616 AGC Group Source (New) Manufacturing Japan Yes 1.5 Computer SPRL Source (New) IT services Belgium Yes 1,000,000 AerCap Source (New) Transport Ireland Yes 1 TB MBC Law Professional Corp.

Data Privacy 52

Data Privacy Retail Privacy Manufacturing 52

Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 29, 2022

You just knew 2022 was going to be The Year of Crypto Grift when two of the world’s most popular antivirus makers — Norton and Avira — kicked things off by installing cryptocurrency mining programs on customer computers. A single bitcoin is trading at around $45,000.

Passwords 226

Passwords Ransomware Computer and Electronics Encryption 226