IT Governance

JANUARY 9, 2020

Cyber insurance has in some regions encouraged victims to pay as it is cheaper than remediation in some cases. Endpoints such as POS (point of sale) machines or the cardholder’s own browsers are the most likely targets, via card-sniffing scripts loaded into the browser through a mix of direct or third-party hosted scripts.

Security 98

Security IoT Phishing Ransomware 98

IT Governance

DECEMBER 1, 2022

The second was a cyber attack on the Russian scooter-sharing service Whoosh, which was discovered after customers’ data was put up for sale on the dark web. Brazilian health insurance firm Fisco Saúde hit by cyber attack (unknown). Spain’s Generali España insurance company says it was hacked (unknown). Data breach.

Data breaches 115

Data breaches Ransomware Personal data Insurance 115

IT Governance

MARCH 2, 2020

Preschool services provider Educational Enrichment Systems discloses cyber attack (unknown). Quebec teachers’ data stolen in password breach (360,000). Pacific Specialty Insurance Company notifies plan members of 2019 data breach (unknown). Arizona Department of Education exposes parents’ scholarship accounts (7,000).

Data breaches 145

Data breaches Ransomware Phishing Personal data 145

Data Matters

JUNE 29, 2018

An analysis of the bill prepared by the California Assembly before the vote also indicated that AB 375 was intended to address controversies concerning third-party sale of personal information acquired from social media without data subjects’ authorization. education information. biometric information. geolocation data.

GDPR 79

GDPR Privacy Sales Data breaches 79

Data Matters

JUNE 29, 2018

An analysis of the bill prepared by the California Assembly before the vote also indicated that AB 375 was intended to address controversies concerning third-party sale of personal information acquired from social media without data subjects’ authorization. education information. biometric information. geolocation data.

GDPR 60

GDPR Privacy Sales Data breaches 60

IT Governance

JUNE 1, 2023

The information was offered for a private sale on the now-defunct hacking forum Breached, and it was later leaked in its entirety for free. MCNA Insurance MCNA Insurance, also known as MCNA Dental, was caught up in a cyber hacking incident last week, in which 112 covered entities were affected.

Data breaches 122

Data breaches Insurance Personal data Ransomware 122

IT Governance

MARCH 5, 2024

Publicly disclosed data breaches and cyber attacks: in the spotlight Millions of Pure Incubation Ventures records listed on hacking forum 183,754,481 records apparently belonging to the venture capital and private equity group Pure Incubation Ventures have been listed for sale on a hacking forum. The claim is yet to be verified.

Data Privacy 52

Data Privacy Privacy Manufacturing Retail 52