Security Affairs

AUGUST 6, 2023

The Colorado Department of Higher Education (CDHE) finally disclosed a data breach impacting students, past students, and teachers after the June attack. In June a ransomware attack hit the Colorado Department of Higher Education (CDHE), now the organization disclosed a data breach.

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Education Data breaches Ransomware Access 80

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 23, 2023

PII Belonging to Indian Citizens, Including their Aadhaar IDs, Offered for Sale on the Dark Web In early October, Resecurity’s HUNTER (HUMINT) unit identified hundreds of millions of personally identifiable information (PII) records belonging to Indian residents, including Aadhaar cards, being offered for sale on the Dark Web. With roughly 1.4

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Sales e-Discovery Data breaches Risk 114

Security Affairs

JUNE 7, 2021

An example of leaked passwords included in the RockYou2021 compilation: With a collection that exceeds its 12-year-old namesake by more than 262 times, this leak is comparable to the Compilation of Many Breaches (COMB) , the largest data breach compilation ever. Considering the fact that only about 4.7

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Passwords Data breaches Personal data Phishing 111

Hunton Privacy

JANUARY 20, 2012

On December 12, 2011, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit affirmed a decision that employees of Ceridian Corporation’s (“Ceridian’s”) customers did not have standing to sue Ceridian after the payroll processing firm suffered a data breach.

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Data breaches Privacy Information Security Risk 40

eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Here are the top Twitter accounts to follow for the latest commentary, research, and much-needed humor in the ever-evolving information security space. Brian Krebs is an independent investigative reporter known for his coverage of technology, malware , data breaches , and cybercrime developments. Eva Galperi n | @evacide.

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Cybersecurity e-Discovery Passwords Information Security 139

Hunton Privacy

MAY 12, 2009

On May 6, 2009, the proposed amendments to the e-Privacy Directive received a second reading in the European Parliament. In addition to other measures, it will include a definition of “personal data breach” and will introduce a data breach notification requirement.

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Data breaches Personal data Privacy Communications 40

IT Governance

DECEMBER 13, 2018

This week, in our last podcast of the year, we revisit some of the biggest information security stories from the past 12 months. As is now traditional, I’ve installed myself in the porter’s chair next to the fire in the library, ready to recap some of the year’s more newsworthy information security events.

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Data breaches Personal data Access GDPR 71