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The Scammers’ Playbook: How Cybercriminals Get Ahold of Your Data

eSecurity Planet

Energy and utility companies have been some of the most high-profile cyber attacks in recent memory, such as the May 2021 Colonial Pipeline attack or the Delta-owned Monroe Energy attack in November 2021. This is the same trick business professionals might use to secure a sale (i.e. costing an estimated $18.88

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 4 – 10 December 2023

IT Governance

LLC, Prime-Line Products and Shop-Vac USA, LLC Source (New) Manufacturing USA Yes Thousands of administrative documents, budgets, sales invoices, salary information, company secrets; dozens of NVDAs; over 100 distributor agreements; and some passports Bell Flavors & Fragrances Source (New) Manufacturing USA Yes 1,768 Simoniz USA, 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.