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

IT Governance

The group has allegedly exfiltrated more than 10 million files. Data breached: >10 million records. million individuals affected HealthEC LLC, a health technology company, has announced that it suffered a data breach in July 2023, in which systems were accessed and files were copied. Data breached: 4,452,782 records.

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 13 – 19 November 2023

IT Governance

The ICO (Information Commissioner’s Office) reports that Ms Alborghetti appeared before Worcester Magistrates’ Court on 15 November 2023, where “she pleaded guilty to unlawfully obtaining personal data in breach of Section 170 of the Data Protection Act 2018 and was ordered to pay a total of £648”.

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 22 – 28 January 2024

IT Governance

Data breached: 2 PB. Mobile network database breach exposes 750 million Indians’ personal data The Indian security company CloudSEK claims to have found the personal data of 750 million Indians for sale on an “underground forum”. Data breached: 750 million victims’ personal data.

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Over-Retention of Personal Data

Data Protection Report

The matter involved one of France’s largest insurers, SGAM AG2R LA MONDIALE, which was subject to an inspection by the French data protection authority (the CNIL), in 2019. The CNIL’s inspection included the insurer’s compliance with Section 5-1(e) of GDPR , which reads: Personal data shall be.

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After Springhill: Assessing the Impact of Ransomware Lawsuits

eSecurity Planet

The legal complaint [PDF] notes that on July 9, 2019, the day it was hit by a ransomware attack, Springhill Memorial Hospital contended that the event had “not affected patient care.” ” Cyber Insurance No Longer Reliable. Hospital’s Operations Hit by Ransomware. Cyber Regulations Could Bring Fairness.

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Privacy and Cybersecurity Top 10 for 2018

Data Matters

This past year was marked by ever more significant data breaches, growing cybersecurity regulatory requirements at the state and federal levels and continued challenges in harmonizing international privacy and cybersecurity regulations. 2018 could see the CJEU’s decision on the Privacy Shield for transfer of data to the U.S

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GUEST ESSAY: Data poverty is driving the growth of cybercrime – here’s how to reverse the trend

The Last Watchdog

Take adtech, a vertical in which contending platforms have successfully shared data for years. In fact, running an effective ad campaign for a brand often requires collaboration by 5-10 vendors or more (attribution, analytics, brand safety, etc.). Cybercrime.