IT Governance

FEBRUARY 14, 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. Financial information, medical data, health reimbursements, postal addresses, telephone numbers and emails are not thought to have been compromised.

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IT Governance

JULY 1, 2021

It’s simply the case that in the majority of cases, the breached organisation didn’t reveal how much data was compromised, either because it didn’t know or wasn’t obliged to reveal it publicly. Data breaches. We found a comparatively low 9,780,931 breached records from publicly disclosed security incidents in June 2021. Cyber attacks.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 30, 2018

DataLocker honed its patented approach to manufacturing encrypted portable drives and landed some key military and government clients early on; the company has continued branching out ever since. All the user needs is a strong password to access to the data. All the user needs is a strong password to access to the data.

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ARMA International

JANUARY 30, 2020

On December 23, Yahoo News [1] reported on a Department of Defense memo [2] warning military personnel that using direct-to-consumer (DTC) DNA testing could pose “personal and operational risks.” In other words, the Pentagon is concerned about hostile entities using such biometric data to better surveil and track the military.

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Information Governance Perspectives

APRIL 5, 2023

Wireless telematics devices and “black box” technologies collect and transmit data on vehicle use, maintenance requirements, and automotive servicing. John Danenberger, CPCU, is Corporate Counsel at State Farm Insurance and specializes in addressing emerging issues around telematics. What’s it like to work in this field?

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IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

There were a massive 99 data breaches and cyber attacks in August, making it the third-biggest monthly total of the year by number of security incidents. You can find our full list of publicly disclosed data breaches from August in this blog, with incidents affecting UK organisations listed in bold. Data breaches. Cyber attacks.

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Hunton Privacy

AUGUST 2, 2021

On June 16, 2021, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont signed HB 5310, An Act Concerning Data Privacy Breaches. In passing the law, Connecticut joins a number of other states in expanding the definition of “personal information” in its data breach notification statute. Cybersecurity Safe Harbor (HB 6607).

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Data Matters

MAY 2, 2019

On April 22, 2019, the Washington state legislature passed HB1071 (“the Bill”) to strengthen the state’s existing data breach notification law. The post Washington State Comprehensive Privacy Bill Loses Steam, Data Breach Law Amendment Heads to Governor’s Desk appeared first on Data Matters Privacy Blog.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

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Hunton Privacy

JUNE 22, 2020

On July 1, 2020, amendments to Vermont’s data breach notification law, signed into law earlier this year, will take effect along with Vermont’s new student privacy law. Student Data Privacy. Security Breach Notice Act. The number of affected consumers exceeding 5,000 is no longer a basis for providing substitute notice.

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Data breaches Privacy Education Data Privacy 107

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

JUNE 4, 2021

Increased scrutiny over connected car and automobile industry data from Chinese regulators, including push towards data localisation. China is a leading marketing for connected and autonomous vehicles, and use and analytics of connected vehicle data has been encouraged by Chinese Government support of big data and AI technology.

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Big data Compliance Personal data Insurance 66

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. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

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Security Affairs

MAY 3, 2022

RedFoxtrot has been active since at least 2014 and focused on gathering military intelligence from neighboring countries, it is suspected to work under the PLA China-linked Unit 69010. SentinelOne detailed lateral movements, credential harvesting, and data exfiltration. ” concludes the report.”Once

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Hunton Privacy

JUNE 14, 2018

Recently, Colorado’s governor signed into law House Bill 18-1128 “concerning strengthening protections for consumer data privacy” (the “Bill”), which takes effect September 1, 2018.

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Data Protection Report

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

As Data Protection Report posted on January 29, 2018 , lawmakers in Colorado are considering legislation that, if enacted, would significantly strengthen Colorado’s data privacy protections. On Wednesday, February 14, 2018, an amended bill passed unanimously in Colorado’s House Committee on State, Veterans and Military Affairs.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 17, 2020

The company already sent a data breach notification to the impacted individuals. ” reads the data breach notification. ” reads the data breach notification. “We carry cybersecurity insurance, subject to applicable deductibles and policy limits. Source: BleepingComputer. ” states the SEC filing.

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KnowBe4

MARCH 28, 2023

You can upload your own SCORM training modules into your account for home workers Active Directory or SCIM integration to easily upload user data, eliminating the need to manually manage user changes Find out how 50,000+ organizations have mobilized their end-users as their human firewall. in exponential terms. in exponential terms.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Malware has been around for nearly 40 years, longer even than the World Wide Web, but ransomware is a different kind of threat, capable of crippling a company and damaging or destroying its critical data. Zero trust is an important new tool to add to all that, essentially walling off your most important data. Data backup.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 3, 2023

The initiatives that stand out the most — critical infrastructure security standards, a national data privacy and security law, and liability for security failures — will likely take time and the support of Congress to implement. ” Those fundamental shifts are focused on two core priorities.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 17, 2023

Chris Gray of Deep Watch talks about the view from the inside of a virtual SOC, the ability to see threats against a large number of SMB organizations, and the changes to cyber insurance we’re seeing as a result. VAMOSI: Something has changed in the last five years, and demonstrably so. And why is that?

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Insurance Privacy Ransomware GDPR 40

Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

There are dozens of private companies that specialize in providing consumer credit reports and scores to specific industries, including real estate brokers, landlords, insurers, debt buyers, employers, banks, casinos and retail stores. If that accurately describes your views on the matter, this post may well change your mind.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 11, 2019

Poshmark, the social commerce marketplace, discloses a data breach. GermanWiper, a data-wiping malware that is targeting Germany. Machete cyber-espionage group targets Latin America military. StockX hacked, customers data offered for sale on the dark web. StockX hacked, customers data offered for sale on the dark web.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

Barely a day goes by where we don’t hear of a data breach. Affecting big companies and small in virtually every vertical and hitting government institutions at the local, state and federal level, sensitive data is routinely exfiltrated, stolen and leveraged with shocking regularity. It’s sarcastic, it’s comical, but it’s also real.

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IoT Encryption Military Insurance 89

Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

In addition, the law requires the big three bureaus to offer free electronic credit monitoring services to all active duty military personnel. It is now free in every U.S. But it also includes a silver lining. Today, those fees no longer exist. view your credit file).

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Insurance Marketing Military Security 278

Information Management Resources

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

Military insurer will predominantly be looking to hire software engineers and applications developers, it says.

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Military Insurance Customer Experience IT 32

IT Governance

JUNE 27, 2019

The ransomware was accompanied by a note: “Your files are encrypted with the strongest military algorithms. Without our special decoder it is impossible to restore the data.”. Earlier this month, Norsk Hydro published its first quarterly report since it fell victim to a devastating ransomware attack in March. How the incident occurred.

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Ransomware Phishing Insurance Systems administration 87

eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Without a comprehensive network segmentation or microsegmentation policy, malicious actors can also move laterally within your organization’s network, infect endpoints and servers, and demand a ransom for access to your data. Attackers will inform the victim that their data is encrypted. Jump to: What is ransomware?

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Data Protection Report

MARCH 7, 2024

China Cuba Iran North Korea Russia Venezuela What is “personally identifiable data” that is “in combination with each other”? These proposed regulations generally address only Section 2 of the Executive Order. Which countries are “countries of concern”? Note that the only difference between the two examples is the addition of IP addresses.

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Access Military Compliance Personal data 58

IT Governance

APRIL 9, 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. Publicly disclosed data breaches and cyber attacks: in the spotlight US Environmental Protection Agency allegedly breached: nearly 8.5 Data breached: 8,460,182 accounts.

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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.

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IT Governance

APRIL 22, 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. Compromised data includes names, passport numbers, Social Security numbers, online crypto account identifiers and bank account numbers. Data breached: 5,300,000 records.

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IT Governance

JANUARY 23, 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. The data set is a collection of 1 billion credentials sourced from stealer logs and hosted on the illicit.services website. Data breached: 70,840,771 email addresses.

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Data Privacy Privacy Manufacturing Retail 52

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

According to Group-IB’s experts, the most frustrating trend of 2019 was the use of cyberweapons in military operations. As for 2019, it has become the year of covert military operations in cyberspace. The threat actor mainly targets insurance, consulting, and construction companies.

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IT Military Cybersecurity Phishing 87

IT Governance

AUGUST 1, 2023

You can find the full list below, divided into four categories: cyber attacks, ransomware, data breaches, and malicious insiders and miscellaneous incidents. Also be sure to check out our new page, which provides a complete list of data breaches and cyber attacks for 2023.

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Data breaches Ransomware Insurance Education 94

Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Internal Revenue Service website for months: Anyone seeking to create an account to view their tax records online would soon be required to provide biometric data to a private company in Virginia — ID.me. By the second week of January, Russia had amassed more than 100,000 troops along its southern border with Ukraine.

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Security Affairs

MAY 13, 2020

Magellan Health, a for-profit managed health care and insurance firm, was the victim of a ransomware attack. is an American for-profit managed health care company, its customers include health plans and other managed care organizations, employers, labor unions, various military and governmental agencies and third-party administrators.

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Data breaches Ransomware Insurance Passwords 135

Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 13, 2021

The HSE ultimately enlisted members of the Irish military to bring in laptops and PCs to help restore computer systems by hand. For example, it is unclear how much data would have been unrecoverable if a decryption key had not become available as the HSE’s backup infrastructure was only periodically backed up to offline tape.

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