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Colonial Pipeline discloses data breach after May ransomware attack

Security Affairs

Colonial Pipeline discloses a data breach of the personal information of thousands of individuals after the ransomware attack that took place in May 2021. SecurityAffairs – hacking, data breach). The post Colonial Pipeline discloses data breach after May ransomware attack appeared first on Security Affairs.

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Connecticut Tightens its Data Breach Notification Laws

Data Protection Report

biometric information consisting of data generated by electronic measurements of an individual’s unique physical characteristics used to authenticate or ascertain the individual’s identity, such as a fingerprint, voice print, retina or iris image. Additional Considerations for Businesses.

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List of Data Breaches and Cyber Attacks in October 2022 – 9.9 Million Records Breached

IT Governance

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. Cyber attacks.

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List of data breaches and cyber attacks in July 2020 ­– 77 million records breached

IT Governance

You can find our full list of publicly disclosed data breaches from July in this blog. Canadian insurer Heartland Farm Mutual says an employee’s email account breached (unknown). Brazilian health insurer Hapvida discloses cyber attack (unknown). California Health Care Plan warns of data breach (35,883).

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List of data breaches and cyber attacks in February 2022 – 5.1 million records breached

IT Governance

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. Meanwhile, you can find the full list of cyber attacks and data breaches for February 2022 below. Data breaches.

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List of data breaches and cyber attacks in June 2021 – 9.8 million records breached

IT Governance

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. Cyber attacks. Ransomware. Financial information. In other news…. Cyber attacks.

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List of data breaches and cyber attacks in August 2020 – 36.6 million records breached

IT Governance

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.