IT Governance

DECEMBER 20, 2022

2022 will go down as the year where some semblance of normality returned. In total, we have so far reported more than 1,000 data breaches in 2022, with almost half a billion breached records. Google , Clearview AI , and Meta all receives hefty penalties in 2022, demonstrating the continued important of effective information security.

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Although the total number of data breaches – or rather, in those reported – decreased by 24% between 2019 and 2022 in the finance sector, the number of incidents increased by 99%. So to account for seasonality, we’ve only looked at Q2–Q4 for all four years (2019–2022). million (about £4.70

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KnowBe4

MARCH 7, 2023

The KnowBe4 blog initially reported on this hack on March 24, 2022 here: [link] and in our CyberheistNews May 17, 2022 here: [link]. According to Europol, "Five action days took place between January 2022 and 2023 in France and Israel, leading to eight house searches and eight arrests, including the alleged Israeli gang leader."

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Phishing Ransomware Cybersecurity Security awareness 79

KnowBe4

MAY 23, 2023

CyberEdge mentions threatening to publicly release data, notifying customers or media, and committing a DDoS attack as examples of additional threats mentioned by respondents. Australia, South Africa, and Canada, with the most commonly targeted sectors being manufacturing, healthcare and technology. street legal F1 Hypercar.

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