The Last Watchdog

MARCH 13, 2019

We are just getting started with the process of turning over granular control of every aspect of human society to ubiquitous digital sensors tuned to feed endless streams of data into increasingly “intelligent” machine algorithms. And yet we are overlooking profound privacy and security ramifications. Security-by-design lacking.

IoT 190

IoT Energy and Utilities Security Privacy 190

IT Governance

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Fowler sent a responsible disclosure notice when he discovered the database and it was secured the following day. 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.

Data Privacy 52

Data Privacy Manufacturing Privacy Energy and Utilities 52

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

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Compromised data includes policyholders’ and their families’ civil status, dates of birth and social security numbers, as well as the name of their health insurer and information relating to their contracts. Data breached: >33,000,000 people’s data. Data breached: 19,718,687 records.

Data Privacy 52

Data Privacy Manufacturing Privacy Security 52

IT Governance

APRIL 2, 2020

Australia’s Defence Force Recruiting systems were taken offline after security breach (unknown). South African utility provider Eskom is still feeling effects of a cyber security incident (unknown). Wichita State University notifies students and staff of a security incident (1,762). Data breaches.

Data breaches 143

Data breaches Ransomware Energy and Utilities Phishing 143

Hunton Privacy

JULY 15, 2015

On July 6, 2015, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress of the People’s Republic of China published a draft of the country’s proposed Network Security Law (the “Draft Cybersecurity Law”). This may be done to preserve the national security and public social order.

Cybersecurity 45

Cybersecurity Energy and Utilities Personal data Government 45

IT Governance

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Researchers from the German cyber security company Aplite discovered 3,806 servers from 111 countries accessible on the Internet. 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