IT Governance

APRIL 29, 2024

Publicly disclosed data breaches and cyber attacks: in the spotlight Data scraping site taken offline after billions of Discord users’ messages offered for sale A data scraping website called Spy.pet has been taken offline after harvesting more than 4 billion messages made by almost 630 million Discord users and offering them for sale.

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Data Privacy Privacy Manufacturing Security 94

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. Glosbe did not reply, but the open instance was soon closed. Data breached: 6.9

Data Privacy 87

Data Privacy Privacy Security Data breaches 87

eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

All of your files are encrypted with RSA-2048 and AES-128 ciphers.” ” Or you might see a readme.txt stating, “Your files have been replaced by these encrypted containers and aren’t accessible; you will lose your files on [enter date] unless you pay $2500 in Bitcoin.” IMPORTANT INFORMATION !!!

Ransomware 97

Ransomware Encryption Insurance Cloud 97

Adam Levin

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

According to Adobe Analytics’ recent holiday forecast , online sales are projected to surge 33% year over year to a record $189 billion as “Cyber-week turns to Cyber-months” amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. VPNs encrypt data , making it much harder to intercept when transmitted through a shared or suspect internet connection.

Retail 97

Retail e-Delivery Passwords Phishing 97

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

AUGUST 23, 2021

There are prohibitions on illegal collection, use, processing, sale, disclosure and transfer of personal information. The PIPL includes a specific obligation on data controllers to adopt corresponding encryption or deidentification technologies, and to adopt access controls and training.

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Data Privacy Privacy Compliance Analytics 111

Data Matters

APRIL 23, 2018

Encrypting critical data assets. Board-management discussions about cyber risk should include identification of which risks to avoid, which to accept, and which to mitigate or transfer through insurance, as well as specific plans associated with each approach. Encrypting Critical Data Assets. Using appropriate access controls.

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Cybersecurity Risk Passwords Authentication 60