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IT Governance
DECEMBER 1, 2020
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. Here is our complete list of November’s cyber attacks and data breaches. Data breaches. Data breaches. Cyber attacks. Ransomware.
IT Governance
SEPTEMBER 1, 2020
There were a massive 99 data breaches and cyber attacks in August, making it the third-biggest monthly total of the year by number of security incidents. You can find our full list of publicly disclosed data breaches from August in this blog, with incidents affecting UK organisations listed in bold. Data breaches.
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IT Governance
DECEMBER 27, 2019
A royal baby, a fire at Notre-Dame, the highest grossing film of all time and more than 12 billion breached data records: 2019 has been quite a year. IT Governance is closing out the year by rounding up 2019’s biggest information security stories. Mumsnet disclosed a data breach affecting 4,000 people. million (£4.2
Schneier on Security
OCTOBER 12, 2018
Stories like the recent Facebook hack , the Equifax hack and the hacking of government agencies are remarkable for how unremarkable they really are. The risks are about to get worse, because computers are being embedded into physical devices and will affect lives, not just our data. It's no secret that computers are insecure.
IT Governance
JUNE 1, 2021
For the second month in a row, ransomware has dominated our list of data breaches and cyber attacks. That partially explains why May’s total of 115,861,330 breached records is comparatively low. By contrast, we disclosed 1 billion breached records in April, and almost 4 billion in the first four months of the year.
HL Chronicle of Data Protection
OCTOBER 8, 2018
Importantly, the CCPA does not categorically exempt all data-related operations of Covered Entities and Business Associates. Instead, the CCPA expressly exempts PHI collected by a Covered Entity or Business Associate that is governed by HIPAA. This data may not be eligible for the CCPA exemption. CMIA Exemption.
HL Chronicle of Data Protection
OCTOBER 8, 2018
Importantly, the CCPA does not categorically exempt all data-related operations of Covered Entities and Business Associates. Instead, the CCPA expressly exempts PHI collected by a Covered Entity or Business Associate that is governed by HIPAA. This data may not be eligible for the CCPA exemption. CMIA Exemption.
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