Data Matters

APRIL 21, 2020

a 2017 ransomware cyberattack that infected hundreds of thousands of computers and IT resources in over 150 countries, and the Digital Currency Exchange Hack, a hack into a digital currency exchange that stole approximately $250 million worth of digital currency. Recent examples of cyberattacks attributed to North Korea include WannaCry 2.0,

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Data Matters

MAY 17, 2022

It used to be that data breaches were all about cyber-crooks hacking computer systems to steal personal information, followed by an affected company sending regretful notification letters offering a year or two of complimentary credit monitoring. In your grandfather’s data breach—e.g., All rights reserved.

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Data Matters

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

The CCPA was written and enacted with extraordinary speed, as legislators felt the need to move quickly in order to preempt a data privacy ballot initiative that had received enough signatures to be placed on California’s November ballot. Code § 1798.185(a): Categories of Personal Information. Definition of Unique Identifiers. Exceptions.

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HL Chronicle of Data Protection

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

He emphasized that the statute is requiring his office to shift from its traditional role as an enforcer and asking them to “take on the new role and obligations of a regulator” without providing either sufficient time or resources. Clinical trial data exception. The CCPA’s private right of action is limited to data breach violations.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

This dupes a Windows machine that has not been patched against the vulnerability into allowing illegitimate data packets into the legitimate network. These data packets can contain malware such as a trojan, ransomware, or similar dangerous program.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

It amends the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and goes into effect January 1, 2023, for all data collected starting January 1, 2022 1. It goes on with examples: Sensitive personal information will include financial information, account log-in credentials, a consumer’s identification numbers (e.g., What’s an Enterprise to Do?

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ForAllSecure

JANUARY 19, 2022

You might not think of it as a major aspect of security and yet, stolen credentials are really the key to data breaches today. And they trust this, these pieces of information somehow, this automagic link between this list of fields and a physical person sort of automatically happens. And yeah, it's a very strange thing.

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