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Business ID Theft Soars Amid COVID Closures

Krebs on Security

Unfortunately, far too many entrepreneurs are simply unaware of the threat or don’t know how to be watchful for it. To prove ownership over the hijacked firms, they hire low-wage image editors online to help fabricate and/or modify a number of official documents tied to the business — including tax records and utility bills.

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 27 November – 3 December 2023

IT Governance

Only 3 definitely haven’t had data breached. Source (New) Education USA Yes 3,022 Lakeview Healthcare System, LLC Source 1 ; source 2 (New) Healthcare USA Yes 2,495 The Hershey Company Source (New) Manufacturing USA Yes 2,214 Park Bank Source (New) Finance USA Yes 2,081 The Walker School, Inc.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Reverse Engineering Smart Meters

ForAllSecure

For example, in 2009, the Obama administration provided financial incentives to utilities in the United States. And again, smart meters were positioned squarely as making the environment more friendly by knowing how and when energy is being used by individual customers. Environmental effects caused by pollution.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hacking Industrial Control Systems

ForAllSecure

So there’s a need, a definite need, for information security professionals to have access to industrial control systems -- not virtual, but actual hands on systems -- so they can learn. Kim Zetter’s book, Countdown to Zero Day, is perhaps the definitive book on the subject. You know, it isn't the blackout scenario.

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 11 – 18 December 2023

IT Governance

Only 4 definitely haven’t had data breached. Source (New) Energy India Yes 280,000 National Student Clearinghouse Source 1 ; source 2 (Update) Non-profit USA Yes 271,496 PCTEL Source (New) Telecoms USA Yes 267.45 144 of them are known to have had data exfiltrated or exposed. Organisation name Sector Location Data exfiltrated?