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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 16–22 October 2023

IT Governance

Records breached: Unknown, but sensitive personal data was probably breached. BHI Energy Announces Data Breach Affecting Confidential Information of 91k Individuals Date of breach: 29 June 2023 (filed notice with the Attorney General of Maine on 18 October 2023). It’s unclear whether personal data has been breached.

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Belden discloses data breach as a result of a cyber attack

Security Affairs

Belden, the manufacturer of networking and cable products, disclosed a data breach, threat actors have stolen employee and business information. “Our IT professionals were able to detect the unusual activity and believe we have stopped further unauthorized access of personal data on our servers.”

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Czech public radio says Huawei Czech Unit secretly collected data

Security Affairs

New problems for Huawei, t he Czech unit of telecoms giant secretly collected personal data customers, officials and business partners. Huawei made the headlines again, according to the Czech public radio the Czech unit of Chinese telecoms giant secretly collected personal data of customers, officials, and business partners.

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List of Data Breaches and Cyber Attacks in February 2023 – 29.5 Million Records Breached

IT Governance

It follows a mammoth start to the year, with more than 277 million breached records in January , and brings the running total for the year to over 300 million pieces of compromised personal data. IT Governance is dedicated to helping organisations tackle the threat of cyber crime and other information security weaknesses.

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Government survey reveals GDPR awareness is falling short

IT Governance

The industries with the least awareness were construction (25%) and production and manufacturing (27%). Matt Hancock, the culture secretary, said : We are strengthening the UK’s data protection laws to make them fit for the digital age by giving people more control over their own data. Are your staff aware of the GDPR?

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Multinational ICICI Bank leaks passports and credit card numbers

Security Affairs

In 2022, the ICICI Bank’s resources were named a “critical information infrastructure” by the Indian government – any harm to it can impact national security. However, despite the critical status of bank infrastructure on the national level, the security of crucial data was not ensured.

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List of data breaches and cyber attacks in February 2022 – 5.1 million records breached

IT Governance

In the final days of February, there were a flurry of security incidents related, either directly or indirectly, to the Ukraine conflict. First, Russia targeted banks and government departments, then Ukraine hit back, attacking the Moscow stock exchange. Malicious insiders and miscellaneous incidents.