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Bangladesh government website leaked data of millions of citizens

Security Affairs

A researcher recently discovered that a Bangladesh government website leaks the personal data of citizens. The researcher Viktor Markopoulos discovered a Bangladeshi government website that was leaking the personal information of millions of Bangladesh citizens. ” wrote Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai from TechCrunch.

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List of data breaches and cyber attacks in December 2022 – 31.5 million records breached

IT Governance

December can be the best or worst time to suffer a data breach. On the one hand, people have started to wind down to the end of the year, all attention is on holidays and a data breach is more likely to fall under the data. But for the very same reasons, a December data breach can be the worst possible scenario.

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List of data breaches and cyber attacks in November 2020 – 586 million records breached

IT Governance

We recorded 103 cyber security incidents in November, which accounted for 586,771,602 leaked records. The majority of those came from a credential-stuffing attack targeting Spotify and a data leak at the messaging app GO SMS Pro, which you can learn more about below. Data breaches. Cyber attacks. Ransomware.

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Bridging the Gap Between Security Awareness and Action

AIIM

The amount of data stored on electronic systems today is exploding and growing at an exponential rate. Data breaches, privacy concerns, and growing e-discovery costs continue to evolve how organizations approach controlling their business data while balancing worker productivity.

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Newly Proposed SEC Cybersecurity Risk Management and Governance Rules and Amendments for Public Companies

Data Matters

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed new cybersecurity rules to enhance and standardize disclosures regarding cybersecurity risk management, strategy, governance, and incident reporting by public companies. an incident in which a malicious actor has demanded payment to restore company data that was stolen or altered.

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PII Belonging to Indian Citizens, Including their Aadhaar IDs, Offered for Sale on the Dark Web

Security Affairs

An Aadhaar is a unique, 12-digit individual identification number “issued by the Unique Identification Authority of India on behalf of the Government of India,” according to the UIDAI website. The Moody’s report also warned that there are security and privacy vulnerabilities in Aadhaar’s centralized system. With roughly 1.4

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Details of 16 million Brazilian COVID-19 patients exposed online

Security Affairs

The personal and health details of more than 16 million Brazilian COVID-19 patients, including Government representatives, have been exposed online. An employee of Albert Einstein Hospital in Sao Paolo has uploaded a spreadsheet containing usernames, passwords, and access keys to sensitive government systems on GitHub.