Security Affairs

MAY 15, 2023

Compromised organizations operate in different business verticals, including manufacturing, wealth management, insurance providers, and pharmaceuticals. RA Group launched their data leak site on April 22, 2023, and on April 27, we observed the first batch of victims, three in total, followed by another one on April 28.

Ransomware 92

Ransomware Encryption Healthcare Insurance 92

IT Governance

MAY 2, 2023

Welcome to our April 2023 list of data breaches and cyber attacks. You can find the full list of data breaches and cyber attacks below, along with our rundown of the biggest incidents of the month. Biggest data breaches of April 2023 1. million people.

Data breaches 105

Data breaches Ransomware Personal data Access 105

Schneier on Security

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

In the first week of January, the pharmaceutical giant Merck quietly settled its years-long lawsuit over whether or not its property and casualty insurers would cover a $700 million claim filed after the devastating NotPetya cyberattack in 2017. The 9/11 attacks cost insurers and reinsurers $47 billion.

Insurance 91

Insurance Government Cybersecurity Risk 91

IT Governance

DECEMBER 27, 2019

A royal baby, a fire at Notre-Dame, the highest grossing film of all time and more than 12 billion breached data records: 2019 has been quite a year. Among other news: B&Q breached the personal data of 70,000 people who had been caught stealing products from its stores.

Data breaches 69

Data breaches GDPR Passwords Personal data 69

IT Governance

MARCH 5, 2024

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 breached: 183,754,481 records. EasyPark data breach: 21.1 million data records belonging to EasyPark have been listed for sale on a hacking forum.

Data Privacy 52

Data Privacy Privacy Manufacturing Retail 52

IT Governance

MARCH 11, 2024

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 breached: 36 million records. Data breached: 6,935,412 individuals’ data. Data breached: 6.9 Only 3 definitely haven’t had data breached.

Data Privacy 87

Data Privacy Privacy Security Data breaches 87

Privacy and Cybersecurity Law

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

In the aftermath of the Cambridge Analytica scandal, and in the footsteps of Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”), California privacy advocates introduced a ballot initiative on October 12, 2017 called “The Consumer Right to Privacy Act of 2018” (No. CCPA Background. 17-0039). Right of Deletion. Right to Opt-Out.

Privacy 58

Privacy Sales Education Compliance 58