IT Governance

DECEMBER 19, 2023

An investigation determined that personal data, including names, addresses, phone numbers, Social Security numbers, dates of birth and bank account numbers, belonging to nearly 15 million people was obtained by an unauthorised party between 30 October and 1 November. Data breached: personal data belonging to 14,690,284 individuals.

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IT Governance

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

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. It has since been confirmed by Anukul Peedkaew, the permanent secretary of social development and human security.

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IT Governance

JANUARY 9, 2024

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. They accessed 41.5 The compromised data allegedly includes names, email addresses and phone numbers.

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Data Privacy Privacy Manufacturing Data breaches 75

OpenText Information Management

APRIL 15, 2024

Over the course of the last six months, much has shifted in the technology landscape, and much has advanced at OpenText. Help-desk employees can now find very specific, summarized answers from a deep repository of private, secured, semi-structured information in minutes instead of days. A year later, we have delivered on our promise.

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 23, 2018

Although the ONS (Office for National Statistics) reported that retail sales fell to a six-month low in October because of reduced levels of disposable income, Black Friday is predicted to create a £10 billion shopping spree in the UK that will continue until Christmas Eve. Maintaining processes in the rush. Stay ahead of the criminals.

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IT Governance

APRIL 12, 2022

Welcome to our first quarterly review of security incidents for 2022, in which we take a closer look at the information gathered in our monthly list of data breaches and cyber attacks. In this article, you’ll find an overview of the cyber security landscape from the past three months, including the latest statistics and our observations.

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Data breaches Ransomware Government Retail 115

IT Governance

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Welcome to our third quarterly review of security incidents for 2022, in which we take a closer look at the information gathered in our monthly list of data breaches and cyber attacks. In this article, you’ll find an overview of the cyber security landscape from the past three months, including the latest statistics and our observations.

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

9 million records breached through decade-long data leak A former temporary employee of a subsidiary of NTT West (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone West Corp) illegally accessed about 9 million personal data records over the course of a decade (2013 to 2023). Breached records: more than 56 million.

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Data Privacy Privacy Energy and Utilities Data breaches 52

IT Governance

JULY 11, 2022

Welcome to our second quarterly review of security incidents for 2022, in which we take a closer look at the information gathered in our monthly list of data breaches and cyber attacks. In this article, you’ll find an overview of the cyber security landscape from the past three months, including the latest statistics and our observations.

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IT Governance

JANUARY 9, 2023

Welcome to our review of security incidents for 2022, in which we take a closer look at the information gathered in our monthly lists of data breaches and cyber attacks. IT Governance discovered 1,063 security incidents in 2022, which accounted for 480,014,323 breached records. How security incidents occurred.

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 15, 2022

The incident occurred in late November, with the sports retail giant gearing up for Black Friday and the start of the World Cup. That technique was hugely successful, but a shift in the cyber security landscape has resulted in fraudsters leveraging their position in what has come to be known as ‘double extortion’.

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Ransomware Personal data Retail Risk 122

IT Governance

JULY 13, 2021

Welcome to our second quarterly review of security incidents for 2021, in which we take a closer look at the information gathered in our monthly list of cyber attacks and data breaches. In this blog, we provide an overview of the security landscape in the past three months, and look at key statistics and observations.

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Data breaches Retail Ransomware Government 98

IT Governance

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

This month, we look at an unintended cyber security problem arising from Twitter’s plan to charge people for verification status. Elsewhere, we assess data breaches at a cancer research facility and the US retailer Bed Bath & Beyond. You can help educate your staff with IT Governance’s Phishing Staff Awareness Training Programme.

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Phishing Retail Data breaches Insurance 119

IT Governance

JUNE 21, 2018

It is widely acknowledged that the retail and hospitality industries experience high staff turnover: frontline roles are often filled by temporary, young or part-time staff, the hours can be long and unsociable and the work can be physically demanding. E-learning courses are environmentally friendly. Environmentally friendly.

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IT Governance

APRIL 12, 2023

Welcome to our first quarterly review of security incidents for 2023, in which we take a closer look at the information gathered in our monthly list of data breaches and cyber attacks. In this article, you’ll find an overview of the cyber security landscape from the past three months, including the latest statistics and our observations.

Data breaches 59

Data breaches Ransomware Government Encryption 59

Schneier on Security

JULY 21, 2023

All day and every day, you constantly receive highly personalized instructions for how to comply with the law, sent directly by your government and law enforcement. It’s easy to see how the AI systems being deployed by retailers to identify shoplifters could be redesigned to employ microdirectives. It already has.

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Collibra

APRIL 4, 2023

When he joined in 2016, data governance was still a new concept for many organizations. A friend reached out one day to tell me about this amazing company he had recently joined in the data governance space, and I immediately knew I had to be a part of what this company was doing.

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Amid the mad dash for bargains and inevitable stories of shop-floor brawls, Black Friday brings with it a spike in cyber security threats, as cyber criminals take advantage of people desperate for bargains. As a rule, it’s never advisable to buy things online using public Wi-Fi, because you can’t be sure that the connection is secure.

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Phishing Sales Retail Passwords 137

IT Governance

DECEMBER 10, 2019

The organisation has disclosed few other facts in order to maintain “ the confidentiality of the investigation ”, but security researchers suspect that the attack was a form of BEC in which a third-party breach leads to the attack. The post Catches of the month: Phishing scams for December 2019 appeared first on IT Governance UK Blog.

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

This month, we look a recent report on the cyber security risks associated with our phones, and delve into a pair of organisations that were targeted by fraudsters. Cyber security experts warned this week of a surge in smishing attacks – i.e. phishing attacks designed to be read on people’s phones. Get started.

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Phishing Retail Access Encryption 105

IT Governance

JUNE 11, 2019

Upon discovery of the breach, the security of our retail platform was immediately restored and appropriate measures were taken to ensure the security of all other online assets,” the statement read. This course is available in locations throughout the UK. There are many ways to mitigate the risks of a data breach.

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GDPR Personal data Data breaches Retail 66

IT Governance

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

For example, a marketing executive at a retailer hires a company to conduct a survey on shoppers’ browsing habits. The executive (and the retailer generally) is the data controller, and the company conducting the survey is the data processor. But, of course, under the GDPR, you can’t just go ahead and start gathering that information.

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GDPR Retail Data collection Personal data 107

IT Governance

JUNE 1, 2023

On this page, you will find all our usual information breaking down the month’s security incidents. Meanwhile, you can subscribe to our Weekly Round-up to receive the latest cyber security news and advice delivered straight to your inbox. However, we’ve decided to consolidate our records onto a single page.

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Data breaches Insurance Personal data Ransomware 122

IT Governance

JUNE 1, 2021

But, of course, the nature of ransomware attacks makes it hard for organisations to determine how many records were affected. If you find yourself facing a cyber security disaster, IT Governance is here to help. If you find yourself facing a cyber security disaster, IT Governance is here to help. Find out more.

Data breaches 124

Data breaches Ransomware Insurance Energy and Utilities 124

IT Governance

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Besides the traumatic experience for some retail employees and those injured in shop-floor brawls, Black Friday is also a time in which many of us are caught out by scams, with cyber criminals taking advantage of customers desperate for a bargain. Of course, the best way to protect yourself is to identify the scam before clicking anything.

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Phishing Sales Retail Government 98

IT Governance

JUNE 8, 2023

A Digital Guardian report found that 90% of corporate security breaches are the result of phishing attacks. An Office for National Statistics report revealed that UK organisations have experienced a 57% increase in “consumer and retail fraud” compared to pre-pandemic levels. Anatomy of an attack 19. com’ websites. org’ in 1.8%.

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Phishing Data breaches Communications Ransomware 111

IT Governance

APRIL 6, 2021

We provide more details of both scams in this blog, along with a new – albeit familiar – con involving a fake security notice from your bank. This 45-minute course uses examples like the ones above to explain how phishing works, what to look out for and the steps you should take to avoid falling victim.

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Phishing Retail Government IT 105

IT Governance

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

There is an alarming lack of awareness across all industries about the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) , according to a government survey. However, the least prepared sector is retail and wholesale, with only 13% of organisations having started. You might also be interested in our GDPR Staff Awareness E-learning Course.

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GDPR Compliance Insurance Personal data 63

IT Governance

JULY 5, 2022

The organisation’s head of security, Cory Hardman, said that the breach occurred when an employee at a third-party email delivery vendor downloaded the details of OpenSea users and newsletter subscribers. Although many people are enticed into NFTs because the market is unregulated, that also creates major security risks. of incidents.

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Phishing e-Delivery Retail Insurance 116

IT Governance

DECEMBER 5, 2023

IT Governance’s research has found the following for November 2023: 470 publicly disclosed security incidents. It usually also involved temporarily taking down systems to limit the impact of the security breach. Note: This includes security incidents where we know no records were breached.

Data breaches 113

Data breaches Ransomware Access Security 113

Reltio

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Reltio scored well in matching, context, governance, business templates, deployment, security, and scalability. Our cloud-native, multi-tenant SaaS offering allows access to continuous innovation and agility with top-notch enterprise-class scalability, high availability, and security without having to set it up and manage it.

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Amid the mad dash for bargains and inevitable stories of shop-floor brawls, Black Friday brings with it a spike in cyber security threats – and it’s easy to see why. As a rule, it’s never advisable to buy things online using public Wi-Fi, because you can’t be sure that the connection is secure. Instant messaging scams. Get started.

Phishing 119

Phishing Sales Passwords Retail 119

IT Governance

DECEMBER 6, 2018

Not just because regulations and standards such as the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) and PCI DSS (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard) demand it, not just because of the impact a breach has on daily operations, but because there is now statistical proof that customers will abandon brands that suffer a breach.

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Data breaches GDPR Risk Information Security 104

IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

The airport admitted to taking a “ cautious approach ” to rectify the problem, but that was to ensure that none of its safety or security systems were put at risk. Protect yourself with IT Governance. Our ten-minute Phishing and Ransomware – Human patch e-learning course allows you to educate your staff quickly and cost-effectively.

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Ransomware Phishing Education Risk 84

ForAllSecure

OCTOBER 9, 2019

Machine learning algorithms are already being used in transportation to ease road congestion, in healthcare to spot medical errors and improve patient care and in retail to improve the customer shopping experience. But how exactly will artificial intelligence help bridge the information security skills gap? Listen here: [link].

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Security Artificial Intelligence Computer and Electronics Libraries 52

IT Governance

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

Marriott has reported that it became aware of the breach in September this year, when it was alerted by an internal security tool regarding an attempt to access the Starwood database in the US. The post Marriott Starwood hack affects 500 million customers appeared first on IT Governance Blog.

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Encryption Access Government IT 79

The Last Watchdog

MARCH 10, 2022

There has been a rapid rise in the number of cyber-attacks in recent years affecting organizations in sectors as diverse as eCommerce, retail, infrastructure, and social media. million people and compromised names, Social Security numbers, among other data, also ended up costing the file-sharing company $8.1 million in settlements.

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