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It’s time to think twice about retail loyalty programs

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

As I was starting to write this blog, yet another retail program data breach occurred, for Marriott’s Starwood loyalty program. But it looks like my own personal data has been breached – again. But none of these reasons rose to the top in retail. This had me asking a simple question – Why?

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 1 – 7 January 2024

IT Governance

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

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 181 – News of the week

Security Affairs

Magecart cybercrime group stole customers credit cards from Newegg electronics retailer. US State Department confirms data breach to unclassified email system. Ngrok Mining Botnet. Adobe issued a critical out-of-band patch to address CVE-2018-12848 Acrobat flaw. Sustes Malware: CPU for Monero.

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The Life Cycle of a Breached Database

Krebs on Security

Every time there is another data breach, we are asked to change our password at the breached entity. Here’s a closer look at what typically transpires in the weeks or months before an organization notifies its users about a breached database. started receiving emails with a “cash back” offer.

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List of Data Breaches and Cyber Attacks in September 2022 – 35.6 Million Records Breached

IT Governance

Welcome to our September 2022 list of data breaches and cyber attacks. That’s because we’re looking for ways to improve the way we deliver this data. Our blog has become the go-to source for monthly data breach statistics, and we’ve been producing this series for over seven years. Data breaches.

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Federal Agency Data is Under Siege

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Question: Can you provide an overview of the 2018 Thales Data Threat Report, Federal Edition, and elaborate why it’s needed today more than ever? Our 2018 Thales Data Threat Report, Federal Edition , issued in conjunction with analyst firm 451 Research, polled U.S. There’s also the issue with keeping control of keys in the cloud.

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Selling and utilising personal data in an insolvency situation

Data Protection Report

Many businesses are suffering serious financial difficulties as a result of COVID-19, particularly those in the retail, hospitality and tourism sectors. For many of these businesses the one asset that will undoubtedly retain value, despite the pandemic, will be their customer database.