IT Governance

AUGUST 29, 2019

At first glance, August has been a quiet month for data breaches, with a total of 114,686,290 breached records. But that figure comes from 95 incidents in total, which is the highest number of breaches we’ve had all year. Let’s take a look at those breaches in full in our slightly tweaked monthly list.

Data breaches 111

Data breaches Phishing Ransomware Personal data 111

IT Governance

APRIL 29, 2024

5,255,944,117 known records breached in 128 newly disclosed incidents 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 Privacy 94

Data Privacy Privacy Manufacturing Security 94

IT Governance

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Although the GDPR prescribes a penalty regime of fines up to the greater of 4% of annual global turnover or €20 million (about £17 million), the scale of these first fines – and the extent to which the ICO clearly intends to crack down on organisations that fail to properly secure the personal data they process – took most organisations by surprise.

Data breaches 78

Data breaches Personal data GDPR Ransomware 78

IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

In this week’s blog, we examine some recent examples of payment card breaches to help you understand common problems that organisations run into and how you can avoid them. Further reading: Why you should be concerned about payment card data breaches. The cost of a payment card data breach. Dixons Carphone.

Data breaches 99

Data breaches Paper Retail Manufacturing 99

Information Matters

DECEMBER 7, 2018

UK consumers threaten data breach backlash – Computer Weekly, 5 December 2018. “Seven out of 10 UK consumers and two-thirds, on average, around the world would stop doing business with a brand that suffers a breach of users’ financial or personal data. ” [link]. ” [link]. ” [link]. .

IoT 40

IoT Blockchain Personal data Analytics 40