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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 4 – 10 March 2024

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Source (New) Transport USA Yes 3,815 Okta Source 1 ; source 2 (Update) Cyber security USA Yes 3,800 Shah Dixit & Associates, P.C. Source (New) Finance USA Yes 3,494 Woodruff Sawyer Source (New) Insurance USA Yes 3,087 Blackburn College Source (New) Education USA Yes 3,039 CAIRE Inc.

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Virginia’s new Consumer Data Protection Act

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The new law also expressly does not apply to any: financial institution or data subject to Gramm- Leach-Bliley Act); covered entity or business associate governed by HIPAA; nonprofit organization; or. institution of higher education. Similar to CCPA, there is no private right of action.

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 26 February – 3 March 2024

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Known data breached Pure Incubation Ventures Source (New) Professional services USA Yes 183,754,481 EasyPark Source 1 ; source 2 ; source 3 (Update) Software Sweden Yes 21,100,000 Cutout.Pro Source (New) Software Hong Kong Yes 19,972,829 Optum Source 1 ; source 2 (New) Healthcare USA Yes 6 TB Kumagai Gumi Group Co.,

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 15 – 21 January 2024

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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. The data set is a collection of 1 billion credentials sourced from stealer logs and hosted on the illicit.services website. million customers’ data.

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The Weeks in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 18 – 31 December 2023

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Publicly disclosed data breaches and cyber attacks: in the spotlight Unprotected Real Estate Wealth Network database exposes more than 1.5 billion records The security researcher Jeremiah Fowler discovered an unprotected database exposing more than 1.5 billion records containing property ownership data related to millions of people.

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Information security and compliance training for the healthcare sector

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Pharmacies, rehabilitation care, social care, medical research and pharmaceuticals all rely on this data being available to individuals delivering their services. Most data breaches occur as a result of human error , so when the number of individuals handling data increases, so do the potential risks. ISO 27001 ?is