IT Governance

APRIL 2, 2020

South African utility provider Eskom is still feeling effects of a cyber security incident (unknown). Koodo Mobile says customer data was hacked and is being sold on the dark web (unknown). Data breaches. Nursing home probed after leaving disabled patients’ data on street (36). School District (+24).

Data breaches 143

Data breaches Ransomware Energy and Utilities Phishing 143

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

The Last Watchdog

MARCH 13, 2019

billion IoT devices in use as of 2017, half are consumer gadgets, like smart TVs, speakers, watches, baby cams and home thermostats; much of the rest is made up of things like smart electric meters and security cameras in corporate and government use. This will be led by the manufacturing, consumer, transportation and utilities sectors.

IoT 189

IoT Energy and Utilities Security Privacy 189

IT Governance

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

In January 2024, it identified more potential victims, and has now written to inform them that their personal data may have been compromised in the incident. Data breached: 2,632,275 people’s data. 204 of them are known to have had data exfiltrated, exposed or otherwise breached.

Data Privacy 52

Data Privacy Manufacturing Privacy Energy and Utilities 52

IT Governance

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Data breached: >33,000,000 people’s data. Thailand’s Department of Older Persons breached, exposing almost 20 millio n personal data records The Department of Older Persons, part of Thailand’s Ministry of Social Development and Human Security, suffered a data breach in which 19,718,687 rows or personal data was exposed.

Data Privacy 52

Data Privacy Manufacturing Privacy Security 52

Hunton Privacy

JULY 15, 2015

The draft contains, however, a number of provisions that are significant, insofar as they reveal underlying assumptions and priorities that govern the development and promotion of cybersecurity in China. At this point, the Draft Cybersecurity Law has not yet been finalized.

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Cybersecurity Energy and Utilities Personal data Government 45

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.

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Data Privacy Energy and Utilities Privacy Manufacturing 101