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.

Data breaches 130

Data breaches Ransomware e-Delivery Government 130

IT Governance

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Welcome to our October 2022 review of data breaches and cyber attacks. By contrast, comparatively little personal data was breached, with our figures confirming that at least 9,990,855 records were compromised.

Data breaches 111

Data breaches Ransomware Insurance Phishing 111

IT Governance

AUGUST 3, 2020

After mammoth amounts of personal data were leaked in May and June, we’ve seen a reversion to the mean this month. You can find our full list of publicly disclosed data breaches from July in this blog. Bitcoin scam leaks personal data of users from across the globe (248,926). Cyber attacks.

Data breaches 141

Data breaches Insurance Ransomware Personal data 141

IT Governance

JUNE 30, 2022

Welcome to our June 2022 review of data breaches and cyber attacks. Data breaches. If you’re facing a cyber security disaster, IT Governance is here to help. They’ll review the breach, mitigate the damage and ensure that you are up and running again as soon as possible. Cyber attacks. Ransomware.

Data breaches 136

Data breaches Ransomware Personal data Blockchain 136

Security Affairs

MAY 16, 2024

Yesterday afternoon I was advised by a commercial health information organisation that it was the victim of a large-scale ransomware data breach incident. “In October last year, the ACCC granted authorisation for MediSecure to transfer all publicly- funded electronic prescriptions and data to eRx.” million customers.

Ransomware 109

Ransomware e-Delivery Data breaches Insurance 109

IT Governance

JUNE 1, 2022

Welcome to our May 2022 review of data breaches and cyber attacks. Data breaches. If you’re facing a cyber security disaster, IT Governance is here to help. Data breaches. We identified 77 security incidents during the month, resulting in 49,782,129 compromised records. Cyber attacks. Ransomware.

Data breaches 126

Data breaches Ransomware Phishing Education 126

IT Governance

AUGUST 1, 2022

Welcome to our July 2022 review of data breaches and cyber attacks. Data breaches. We identified 85 security incidents during the month, resulting in 99,243,757 compromised records. You can find the full list below, broken into categories. Cyber attacks. Ransomware. Financial information. In other news…. Cyber attacks.

Data breaches 119

Data breaches Ransomware Insurance Access 119

IT Governance

MARCH 31, 2022

Meanwhile, you can find the full list of cyber attacks and data breaches for March 2022 below. Data breaches. If you’re facing a cyber security disaster, IT Governance is here to help. Cyber attacks. Ransomware. Financial information. Malicious insiders and miscellaneous incidents. In other news…. Cyber attacks.

Data breaches 111

Data breaches Ransomware Insurance Government 111

IT Governance

MAY 2, 2023

Welcome to our April 2023 list of data breaches and cyber attacks. Our research identified 120 publicly disclosed incidents during the month, accounting for 4,353,257 breached records. You can find the full list of data breaches and cyber attacks below, along with our rundown of the biggest incidents of the month.

Data breaches 105

Data breaches Ransomware Personal data Access 105

IBM Big Data Hub

MAY 9, 2024

The healthcare industry faces arguably the highest stakes when it comes to data governance. For starters, healthcare organizations constantly encounter vast (and ever-increasing) amounts of highly regulated personal data. healthcare, managing the accuracy, quality and integrity of data is the focus of data governance.

Government 66

Government GDPR Compliance Analytics 66

IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

It has been another month of comparatively few reported cyber attacks and data breaches, with our August list containing 84 incidents accounting for 60,865,828 breached records. You can that incident, along with our full list of cyber attacks and data breaches, below – with those affecting UK organisations listed in bold.

Data breaches 140

Data breaches Ransomware Insurance Data migration 140

IT Governance

MARCH 1, 2022

Our figures for this month are comparatively low – with 83 data breaches and cyber attacks accounting for 5,127,241 breached records – but there is a sense that we are on the brink of something. First, Russia targeted banks and government departments, then Ukraine hit back, attacking the Moscow stock exchange.

Data breaches 134

Data breaches Ransomware Government Blockchain 134

IT Governance

MARCH 2, 2020

Ordinance Survey discovers breach of employee data (1,000). South Carolina-based United Health notifies patients of 2019 data breach (36). Ashley Madison data breach victims still being hounded by sextortion scammers (unknown). Altice USA employees’ data stolen in phishing attack (12,000). Ransomware.

Data breaches 145

Data breaches Ransomware Phishing Personal data 145

IT Governance

JULY 1, 2021

And don’t forget to subscribe to our Weekly Round-up to receive the latest industry news and advice – including our Q2 review of data breaches and cyber attacks, based on these lists, which will be published in early July. Data breaches. If you find yourself facing a cyber security disaster, IT Governance is here to help.

Data breaches 130

Data breaches Ransomware Computer and Electronics Retail 130

IT Governance

MAY 30, 2019

The cyber security story for May 2019 is much the same as it was last month, with one mammoth breach raising the monthly total. which breached sixteen years’ worth of insurance data. That incident accounted for more than 60% of all of May’s breached records. Data breaches. Ransomware.

Data breaches 112

Data breaches Personal data Ransomware Phishing 112

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Belden, the manufacturer of networking and cable products, disclosed a data breach, threat actors have stolen employee and business information. “Our IT professionals were able to detect the unusual activity and believe we have stopped further unauthorized access of personal data on our servers.”

Data breaches 103

Data breaches Manufacturing Insurance Access 103

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 26, 2023

CIAM in insurance: A unified, secure user experience with a single login madhav Fri, 05/26/2023 - 07:33 In recent years, the insurance industry has transformed from a singularly focused entity to a multi-brand or multi-service type of business. Adding value to the user experience (a top priority for 59% of insurers) 2.

Insurance 71

Insurance Digital transformation Security Authentication 71

IT Governance

JUNE 27, 2019

After a rampant start to the year for data breaches and cyber attacks, it’s about time we went one month without at least one massive security incident. June 2019’s total of 39,713,046 breached records is the lowest since May last year – the month that the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) came into effect.

Data breaches 111

Data breaches Personal data Ransomware GDPR 111

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.

Data breaches 122

Data breaches Ransomware Insurance Manufacturing 122

Collibra

JUNE 23, 2023

Government agencies — from DC to Duluth, NYC to LA — are struggling. The ever-growing digitalization of our world has raised significant concerns about data privacy and security, particularly for agencies that manage and process sensitive and confidential information. There’s no going back.

Privacy 84

Privacy Government Data Privacy Data breaches 84

IT Governance

APRIL 1, 2021

But there were dozens of other cyber attacks and data breaches where the organisation either didn’t know or reveal the extent of the damage. Data breaches. We typically expect ambiguity when it comes to ransomware, because organisations are locked out of their files and can’t calculate what’s been affected. Cyber attacks.

Data breaches 130

Data breaches Ransomware Manufacturing e-Delivery 130

Hunton Privacy

JULY 1, 2022

In its consent order , the Department noted that the cybersecurity events had caused the exposure of a substantial amount of sensitive personal data belonging to Carnival’s customers, including those residing in New York. NYDFS also found that Carnival had failed to implement basic protocols to prevent data breaches.

Cybersecurity 115

Cybersecurity Insurance Phishing Financial Services 115

IT Governance

OCTOBER 24, 2023

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. Publicly disclosed data breaches and cyber attacks City of Philadelphia discloses data breach after five months Date of breach: 24 May 2023 ( notice issued 20 October 2023).

Data Privacy 107

Data Privacy Privacy Security Data breaches 107

IT Governance

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

The shortest month of the year is over in a flash, but not before a significant number of data breaches and cyber attacks could take place. I always suggest subscribing to our Daily Sentinel to receive daily updates on the latest data breaches and cyber attacks. Malware breach strikes Chester County computers.

Data breaches 109

Data breaches Sales Phishing Ransomware 109

IBM Big Data Hub

MAY 28, 2024

To fulfill these principles, data protection strategies generally focus on the following three areas: Data security —protecting digital information from unauthorized access, corruption or theft throughout its entire lifecycle. These data breaches can cost their victims in many ways.

Data breaches 82

Data breaches GDPR Compliance Encryption 82

IT Governance

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

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. When MOVEit was hacked by the Russian Cl0p ransomware gang in May, email addresses and links to government employee surveys were compromised.

Data Privacy 97

Data Privacy Privacy Libraries Security 97

IT Governance

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Pepsi Bottling Ventures confirmed this week that vast quantities of personal data were stolen in a cyber attack. That Pepsi was able to rectify the situation comparatively quickly is, to some extent, commendable – particularly given that the breach occurred on the last business day before Christmas. The post Is Pepsi Okay?

Data breaches 105

Data breaches Insurance Manufacturing Access 105

IT Governance

MAY 7, 2024

Plus, a further 3,029,461 known records newly breached 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. Data breached: 395 GB.

Data breaches 59

Data breaches Education Manufacturing Retail 59

IT Governance

OCTOBER 24, 2019

If your organisation didn’t suffer a data breach last year, consider yourself one of the lucky few. The insurance firm Hiscox found that 61% of organisations were compromised in the past 12 months. GDPR compliance certainly isn’t easy, but you can simplify the process with IT Governance’s GDPR Documentation Toolkit.

Data breaches 56

Data breaches GDPR Compliance Insurance 56

IT Governance

MAY 29, 2018

Remember when I said last month that “with the GDPR less than a month away I imagine future lists will be even longer thanks to the introduction of mandatory data breach notifications”? Data breach. Privacy Commissioner says Avenue Living privacy breach poses a risk. HIT Hacked Again?

Data breaches 89

Data breaches GDPR Ransomware Passwords 89

IT Governance

JANUARY 9, 2024

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. Publicly disclosed data breaches and cyber attacks: in the spotlight Hathaway breached, 41.5 Data breached: 41,500,000 records. They accessed 41.5

Data Privacy 75

Data Privacy Privacy Manufacturing Data breaches 75

IT Governance

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

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. have notified 330,000 people that their personal data might have been compromised as part of the MOVEit Transfer data breach.

Data Privacy 52

Data Privacy Privacy Data breaches Security 52

IT Governance

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

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. Records breached: 79,582 Ontario hospitals update: information relating to 5.6 Records breached: 79,582 Ontario hospitals update: information relating to 5.6

Data Privacy 85

Data Privacy Privacy Security Data breaches 85

IBM Big Data Hub

APRIL 24, 2024

These are just some examples of how organizations support data privacy , the principle that people should have control of their personal data, including who can see it, who can collect it, and how it can be used. One cannot overstate the importance of data privacy for businesses today.

Data Privacy 78

Data Privacy Privacy GDPR Personal data 78

IT Governance

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

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. Financial information, medical data, health reimbursements, postal addresses, telephone numbers and emails are not thought to have been compromised.

Data Privacy 52

Data Privacy Manufacturing Privacy Security 52

IT Governance

JUNE 1, 2023

Welcome to our new-look list of data breaches and cyber attacks. So, each month, we’ll update this page with the latest figures and links, so be sure to bookmark it to keep an eye out for the latest data breach news. His research also revealed that the stolen data contains 305 lines of data, including 74.4

Data breaches 122

Data breaches Insurance Personal data Ransomware 122

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

DECEMBER 3, 2021

45 of 2021 on the Protection of Personal Data Protection (“ PDPL ”), which was issued on 26 September 2021. Reassuringly, the PDPL does not contain any major divergences from other well-known data protection regimes, including the GDPR. What does the PDPL cover and who does it apply to? Definitions. Territoriality. Exceptions.

Personal data 105

Personal data Data breaches GDPR Compliance 105