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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 12 – 18 February 2024

IT Governance

402,437,094 known records breached in 240 publicly disclosed incidents Welcome to this week’s global round-up of the biggest and most interesting news stories. 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.

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List of data breaches and cyber attacks in July 2019 – 2.2 billion records leaked

IT Governance

University of Alabama discovers 10-year-old account breach (1,400). Pennsylvania-based software firm and healthcare provider accuse each other of data theft (unknown). TX-based Wise Health reports data breach caused by phishing attack (35,899). Libraries in Onondaga Co., Data breaches.

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CyberheistNews Vol 13 #25 [Fingerprints All Over] Stolen Credentials Are the No. 1 Root Cause of Data Breaches

KnowBe4

1 Root Cause of Data Breaches Verizon's DBIR always has a lot of information to unpack, so I'll continue my review by covering how stolen credentials play a role in attacks. So, what does the report say about the most common threat actions that are involved in data breaches?