Data Protection Report

OCTOBER 31, 2023

On 12 October 2023, the Government introduced the Information Privacy and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2023 ( Bill ) to Queensland Parliament which, amongst other things, establishes a mandatory data breach notification scheme ( MDBN Scheme ) in Queensland.

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Data breaches Government Privacy Compliance 57

IG Guru

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

The post Maine government says data breach affects 1.3 Check out the article here. million residents via TechCrunch first appeared on IG GURU.

Data breaches 73

Data breaches Government Information governance Risk 73

Troy Hunt

MARCH 6, 2024

Back in 2018, we started making Have I Been Pwned domain searches freely available to national government cybersecurity agencies responsible for protecting their nations' online infrastructure. This access now provides them with complete access to the exposure of their government domains in data breaches.

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Government Data breaches Cybersecurity Access 117

Security Affairs

APRIL 4, 2024

US cancer center City of Hope suffered a data breach that impacted 800,000 individuals, personal and health information was compromised. City of Hope suffered a data breach, the organization started notifying 827149 individuals that their personal and health information was compromised. medical record number).”

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Data breaches Insurance Government Security 101

Data Breach Today

JUNE 23, 2021

a global provider of government health data services, says a data breach exposed the personal information of more than 334,000 Medicaid healthcare providers nationwide. Maximus Corp. Says Personal Information Exposed in Unauthorized Access to App Maximus Corp.,

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Data breaches Government Access 218

Data Breach Today

AUGUST 27, 2021

Meanwhile, Breaches Involving Military Secrets and CCTV Footage Beset UK Government Phishing, ransomware and unauthorized access remain the leading causes of personal data breaches as well as violations of data protection rules, Britain's privacy watchdog reports.

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Data breaches Phishing Ransomware Military 195

IT Governance

APRIL 4, 2024

To minimise data skewing, we’ve accounted for this by providing two Data Breach Dashboards this month: one including and one excluding the above events. This blog provides further analysis of the data we’ve collected. This blog provides further analysis of the data we’ve collected. Where ‘up to’, etc.

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Data breaches Passwords Security Cloud 104

Security Affairs

JANUARY 6, 2024

Law firm Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe disclosed a data breach that took place in early 2023, which impacted roughly 600,000 individuals. The law firm Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, disclosed a data breach that impacted 638,000 individuals. ” reads the data breach notification.

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Data breaches Insurance Access Cybersecurity 107

IT Governance

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

29,530,829,012 known records breached so far in 4,645 publicly disclosed incidents Welcome to our 2024 data breaches and cyber attacks page, where you can find an overview of the year’s top security incidents, the most breached sectors of 2024, month-on-month trends, links to our monthly reports, and much more.

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Data breaches Security Government Personal data 112

Security Affairs

MARCH 14, 2024

Stolen data included corporate files and personal information Nissan refused to pay the ransom and the cybercrime group published the alleged stolen files. The company added that the data breach impacted some Nissan customers, dealers, and current and former employees. ” reads the update published by the company.

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Data breaches Financial Services Ransomware Government 96

Security Affairs

AUGUST 31, 2023

Multinational mass media conglomerate Paramount Global suffered a data breach after an unauthorized party accessed files from certain of its systems. Multinational mass media conglomerate Paramount Global disclosed a data breach. The notification pointed out that types of affected personal information vary by individual.

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Data breaches Access Cybersecurity Government 116

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 23, 2023

Mobile virtual network operator Mint Mobile suffered a new data breach, threat actors had access to customers’ personal information. Mint Mobile experienced a recent data breach, exposing customers’ personal information to unauthorized access by threat actors.

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Data breaches Data collection Passwords Access 113

Data Matters

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Uber hired Sullivan as its first Chief Security Officer (“CSO”) following a data breach in September 2014 related to the unauthorized access of approximately 50,000 consumers’ personal information, including their names and drivers’ license numbers. But, as prosecutors alleged, those attestations were false. Prosecutors from the U.S.

Data breaches 167

Data breaches Government Privacy Cybersecurity 167

IT Governance

MARCH 5, 2024

Free PDF download: Data Breach Dashboard For a quick, one-page overview of this month’s findings, please use our Data Breach Dashboard : Note: To make these numbers as informative as possible, we’ve used the non-MOAB figures for January. This blog provides further analysis of the data we’ve collected.

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Data breaches Sales Government Security 98

Data Breach Today

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Home Affairs Minister Clare O'Neil Dings Cybersecurity Law as 'Bloody Useless' The Australian government says it will centralize its approach to securing federal agencies by appointing a coordinator to head the new National Office for Cyber Security within the Department of Home Affairs.

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Government Cybersecurity Data breaches Security 147

IT Governance

JULY 7, 2022

This week, we discuss new NCSC guidance on avoiding cyber security “staff burnout”, a data breach affecting a Japanese city’s entire population, good news for the ransomware-hit Maastricht University, and the privacy implications of the metaverse.

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Data breaches Government IT Ransomware 105

The Guardian Data Protection

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

The mass data breach, discovered by Guardian Australia in 2014 , resulted in information being used, in some cases, to allegedly threaten asylum seekers , or persecute and even jail their family members.

Data breaches 79

Data breaches Government IT Privacy 79

Troy Hunt

MARCH 12, 2024

Over the last 6 years, we've been very happy to welcome dozens of national governments to have unhindered access to their domains in Have I Been Pwned , free from cost and manual verification barriers.

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Government Data breaches Access Security 97

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 26, 2023

On August 10, 2023, the Japanese maker of watches Seiko disclosed a data breach following a cyber attack. Seiko Group Corporation (hereinafter referred to as “the Company” or “we”) has confirmed that on July 28th of this year, the Company suffered a possible data breach.

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Data breaches Ransomware Cybersecurity Personal data 127

Hunton Privacy

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Patrick Gunning from King & Wood Mallesons reports that, on November 2, 2023, the Australian Information Commissioner filed proceedings in the Federal Court of Australia against Australian Clinical Labs Limited seeking a civil penalty ( i.e. , a fine) in connection with the company’s response to a data breach that occurred in February 2022.

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Data breaches Privacy Risk Information Security 128

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Taiwanese manufacturer D-Link confirmed a data breach after a threat actor offered for sale on BreachForums stolen data. The global networking equipment and technology company D-Link confirmed a data breach after a threat actor earlier this month offered for sale on the BreachForums platform the stolen data.

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Data breaches Sales Phishing Manufacturing 117

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 9, 2023

Kentucky health system Norton Healthcare disclosed a data breach after it was a victim of a ransomware attack in May. Norton Healthcare disclosed a data breach after a ransomware attack that hit the organization on May 9, 2023. Norton Healthcare is offering impacted individuals two years of credit monitoring.

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Data breaches Ransomware Insurance Access 118

Data Breach Today

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

Marriott's Starwood Mega-Breach Drives Data Protection Update Driven by Marriott's Starwood mega-breach, California lawmakers are pushing legislation that would expand the state's pioneering data breach notification requirements to include breaches of biometric data and all types of government identification numbers, including passports.

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Data breaches Government 232

Security Affairs

AUGUST 26, 2023

Pôle emploi, the French government employment agency suffered a data breach that impacted 10 million individuals. The French government employment agency Pôle emploi suffered a data breach and is notifying 10 million individuals impacted by the security breach.

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Data breaches GDPR Personal data Government 90

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 2, 2023

The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) disclosed a data breach, threat actors had access to a database of its users. ” reads the data breach notification published by the European Telecommunications Standards Institute. Transparency is at the root of ETSI, in our governance and technical work.

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Data breaches Communications Cybersecurity GDPR 113

Security Affairs

MARCH 18, 2024

” The company is reporting the impacted individuals and has notified the Personal Information Protection Commission in anticipation of a data breach. Additionally, we are currently continuing to investigate the circumstances surrounding the malware’s intrusion and whether information has been leaked.”

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Data breaches Access Government IT 113

Data Breach Today

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Series of Breaches Occurred Over a Two-Year Period Data breaches at Canadian government agencies exposed the personal information of approximately 144,000 citizens over a two-year period, according to a news report.

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Government Data breaches 248

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

CISA revealed that threat actors breached an unnamed state government organization via an administrator account belonging to a former employee. The government experts conducted an incident response assessment of the state government organization after its documents were posted on the dark web.

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Government Authentication Cybersecurity Data breaches 132

IT Governance

JULY 4, 2023

IT Governance found 79 publicly disclosed security incidents in June 2023, accounting for 14,353,113 breached records. You can find the full list below, divided into four categories: cyber attacks, ransomware, data breaches, and malicious insiders and miscellaneous incidents.

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Data breaches Ransomware Government Insurance 96

IT Governance

JUNE 1, 2023

IT Governance found 98 publicly disclosed security incidents in May 2023, accounting for 98,226,877 breached records. You can find the full list below, divided into four categories: cyber attacks, ransomware, data breaches, and malicious insiders and miscellaneous incidents.

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Data breaches Ransomware Insurance Personal data 98

Data Breach Today

JANUARY 23, 2024

Governments Accuse Aleksandr Ermakov and REvil of Being Medibank Hackers The United States, Australia and the United Kingdom sanctioned a Russian man the governments say was behind the October 2022 hacking of Medibank, Australia's largest private health insurer.

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Insurance Data breaches Government 296

Troy Hunt

MARCH 28, 2022

Data breaches impact us all as individuals, companies and as governments. Over the last 4 years, I've been providing additional access to data breach information in Have I Been Pwned for government agencies responsible for protecting their citizens.

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Government Data breaches Access 145

Schneier on Security

OCTOBER 26, 2022

After suffering two large, and embarrassing, data breaches in recent weeks, the Australian government increased the fine for serious data breaches from $2.2 The problem is one of incentives, and Australia has now increased the incentive for companies to secure the personal data or their users and customers.

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Data breaches Personal data Government Security 90

IT Governance

MARCH 1, 2023

Welcome to our February 2023 list of data breaches and cyber attacks. Our research identified 106 publicly disclosed incidents accounting for 29,582,356 breached records this month. IT Governance is dedicated to helping organisations tackle the threat of cyber crime and other information security weaknesses.

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Data breaches Ransomware e-Delivery Government 130

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

The State of Maine disclosed a data breach that impacted about 1.3 The Government organization disclosed a data breach that impacted about 1.3 The experts explained that is impossible to accurately calculate the cost of the MOVEit security breaches. million individuals.

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Data breaches Insurance Education Cybersecurity 111

Data Breach Today

JUNE 6, 2022

DOJ: Now-Shuttered Site Sold Data Obtained From 10,000 Data Breaches The U.S. Department of Justice and FBI announced the seizure of three domains after an investigation that found these domains selling stolen personal information and providing access to conduct distributed denial-of-service attacks. and ovh-booter.com.

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Government Data breaches Access 255

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. The biggest data breaches of 2022.

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Data breaches Ransomware Government Passwords 126