IT Governance

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Of the businesses surveyed, those in the finance and insurance industries had the highest levels of awareness (79%), followed by information and communications (67%) and education (52%). The industries with the least awareness were construction (25%) and production and manufacturing (27%).

GDPR 63

GDPR Government Education Compliance 63

IT Governance

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

9 million records breached through decade-long data leak A former temporary employee of a subsidiary of NTT West (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone West Corp) illegally accessed about 9 million personal data records over the course of a decade (2013 to 2023). Breached records: more than 56 million.

Data Privacy 52

Data Privacy Privacy Energy and Utilities Data breaches 52

IT Governance

MARCH 1, 2022

First, Russia targeted banks and government departments, then Ukraine hit back, attacking the Moscow stock exchange. In the midst of all this, organisations across Europe have reported delays as a result of alleged state-sponsored attacks – including Toyota’s Japanese plants and a kettle manufacturer in the Isle of Man.

Data breaches 134

Data breaches Ransomware Government Blockchain 134

IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Looking at you, uni COVID-19 track-and-test app makers Marriott faces London lawsuit over vast data breach Russian arrested for trying to recruit an insider and hack a Nevada company. The post List of data breaches and cyber attacks in August 2020 – 36.6 million records breached appeared first on IT Governance UK Blog.

Data breaches 122

Data breaches Ransomware Insurance Manufacturing 122

IT Governance

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

There is an alarming lack of awareness across all industries about the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) , according to a government survey. The finance and insurance (79%), information or communications (67%) and education (52%) sectors have the highest awareness of the GDPR.

GDPR 63

GDPR Compliance Insurance Personal data 63

IBM Big Data Hub

JULY 7, 2023

Thirty percent of those incidents occurred in manufacturing organizations. Data breaches can be disastrous for organizations. It means physically securing servers and user devices, managing and controlling access, application security and patching, maintaining thoroughly tested, usable data backups and educating employees.

Security 40

Security Data breaches Data Privacy Compliance 40

IT Governance

DECEMBER 20, 2022

In the midst of all this, organisations across Europe reported delays as a result of alleged state-sponsored attacks – including Toyota’s Japanese plants and a kettle manufacturer in the Isle of Man. You can see more incidents from February in our list of data breaches and cyber attacks. Source: Security Affairs.

Security 132

Security Data breaches Ransomware Military 132

IT Governance

DECEMBER 11, 2023

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 information includes patients’ personal data, health and medical records, financial data, internal emails and software source code. Data breached: 5 TB.

Data Privacy 101

Data Privacy Energy and Utilities Privacy Manufacturing 101

IT Governance

MARCH 11, 2024

Glosbe dictionary exposes almost 7 million records The multilingual online dictionary Glosbe left a MongoDB instance unsecured last year, exposing nearly 7 million users’ information, including personal data, encrypted passwords and social media identifiers. Organisation(s) Sector Location Data breached? TB Paysign, Inc.

Data Privacy 87

Data Privacy Privacy Security Data breaches 87

IT Governance

JANUARY 23, 2024

Source (New) Manufacturing Saudi Arabia Yes 86.16 GB JSP Pharmaceutical Manufacturing (Thailand) PCL Source (New) Manufacturing Thailand Yes >80 GB TREZOR Source (New) Crypto France Yes Nearly 66,000 Oak View Group Source (New) Leisure USA Yes 58,935 Innefu Labs Pvt.

Data Privacy 52

Data Privacy Privacy Manufacturing Retail 52

IT Governance

JANUARY 30, 2024

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.

Data Privacy 52

Data Privacy Retail Privacy Manufacturing 52

IT Governance

MARCH 5, 2024

Source (New) Energy Canada Yes 1 TB AB Texel Source (New) Transport Netherlands Yes 1 TB STOCK Development Source (New) Real estate USA Yes 1 TB Centre Hospitalier d’Armentières Source 1 ; source 2 (Update) Healthcare France Yes >900,000 INSS Source (New) Public Brazil Yes 879,492 bienDIG Source (New) Software Mexico Yes 450,000 Grand Avignon (..)

Data Privacy 52

Data Privacy Privacy Manufacturing Retail 52

IT Governance

JANUARY 3, 2024

TB exfiltrated Comcast Cable Communications, LLC (Xfinity) Source 1 ; source 2 (New) Telecoms USA Yes 35,879,455 Tecnoquadri Srl Source (New) Manufacturing Italy Yes 33,000,000 Asia Insurance Co. Source (New) Manufacturing USA Yes >400 GB Hafez Insurance Co.

Data Privacy 107

Data Privacy Insurance Manufacturing Retail 107

eSecurity Planet

JUNE 7, 2023

When — not if — this happens, it will have broad implications, both good and bad, for everything from our digital lives and personal data to millions of jobs. This isn’t any different than what happened to American manufacturing, but the effects there were devastating, as secure middle-class prospects for many disappeared.

Security 104

Security Education Cybersecurity Manufacturing 104

Hunton Privacy

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Genetic Data: California Data Breach Notification and Data Security Law Amendment Bill. AB-825 : This bill amends California’s (1) data breach notification law (for both government agencies (Cal. Code Section 1798.82))and (2) data security law (Cal. This bill becomes effective January 1, 2022.

Privacy 98

Privacy Insurance Security Data breaches 98

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

DECEMBER 16, 2021

The common denominator across all countries is that these criminal activities are mostly targeting the sectors of healthcare, finance, energy, education and government. Criminals are mostly aiming to exploit human vulnerability and a lack of cybersecurity education. Israel witnessed a 50% increase compared to the previous year.

Security 126

Security Ransomware Phishing Cybersecurity 126

IT Governance

JUNE 1, 2020

Entertainment law firm GSM&S hacked, exposing celebrities’ personal info (unknown). US Marshals Service says personal data of current and former prisoners was stolen (387,000). Wright County, MN, government notifies those affected by cyber attack (12,320). Japanese media firm Nikkei infected by malware (12,514).

Data breaches 145

Data breaches Ransomware Computer and Electronics e-Delivery 145

IT Governance

OCTOBER 1, 2020

The education sector accounted for 20 of the 102 publicly disclosed incidents listed this month – with the majority being ransomware. Data breaches. The post List of data breaches and cyber attacks in September 2020 – 267 million records breached appeared first on IT Governance UK Blog. Cyber attacks.

Data breaches 140

Data breaches Ransomware Government IoT 140

IT Governance

MARCH 1, 2021

million) Serco says ‘no data compromised’ despite hack (0) France’s Dax hospital center targeted by a large-scale cyber attack (unknown) Singaporean telecoms company Singtel suffers cyber attack (unknown) Michigan State Police investigating cyber attack on Saginaw Township schools (unknown). Data breaches.

Data breaches 130

Data breaches Ransomware Phishing Blockchain 130

IT Governance

APRIL 29, 2024

Known data breached Discord (via Spy.pet) Source (New) IT services USA Yes 4,186,879,104 Baidu, Inc., Source (New) Finance USA Yes 1,955,385 BerryDunn and Reliable Networks Source (New) Finance and IT services USA Yes 1,107,354 VISAV Limited Source (New) IT services UK Yes >1,000,000 Designed Receivable Solutions, Inc.

Data Privacy 94

Data Privacy Privacy Manufacturing Security 94

IT Governance

DECEMBER 19, 2023

An investigation determined that personal data, including names, addresses, phone numbers, Social Security numbers, dates of birth and bank account numbers, belonging to nearly 15 million people was obtained by an unauthorised party between 30 October and 1 November. Data breached: personal data belonging to 14,690,284 individuals.

Data Privacy 52

Data Privacy Manufacturing Privacy Energy and Utilities 52

IT Governance

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

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Data breaches 136

Data breaches Ransomware Insurance Government 136

Security Affairs

JULY 22, 2020

US DoJ charged two Chinese hackers working with China’s Ministry of State Security with hacking into computer systems of government organizations and companies worldwide. “The defendants in some instances acted for their own personal financial gain, and in others for the benefit of the MSS or other Chinese government agencies.

Healthcare 74

Healthcare Government Manufacturing Access 74