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.

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IT Governance

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

There is an alarming lack of awareness across all industries about the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) , according to a government survey. The finance and insurance (79%), information or communications (67%) and education (52%) sectors have the highest awareness of the GDPR. Preparing for the GDPR.

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Hunton Privacy

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

On September 15, 2016, the New Jersey Senate unanimously approved a bill that seeks to limit retailers’ ability to collect and use personal data contained on consumers’ driver and non-driver identification cards.

Privacy 45

Privacy Retail Personal data Insurance 45

Hunton Privacy

DECEMBER 1, 2020

On November 26, 2020, the French Data Protection Authority (the “CNIL”) announced that it imposed a fine of €2.25 million on Carrefour France and a fine of €800,000 on Carrefour Banque for various violations of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) and Article 82 of the French Data Protection Act governing the use of cookies.

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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.

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Data Privacy Privacy Energy and Utilities Data breaches 52

IT Governance

JULY 5, 2022

Welcome to our July 2022 review of phishing attacks, in which we explore the latest email scams and the tactics that cyber criminals use to trick people into handing over their personal data. It added: “We are working with local law enforcement, GEMA, GBI, and insurance officials to recover the funds. It found that 23.6%

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IT Governance

APRIL 1, 2021

The post List of data breaches and cyber attacks in March 2021 – 21 million records breached appeared first on IT Governance UK Blog. hit by cyber criminals (7.3 hit by cyber criminals (7.3 Ransomware. Financial information.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 23, 2018

The data included bank account details, salary information, dates of birth, National Insurance numbers, addresses and phone numbers. In 2015 he was found guilty of fraud and disclosing personal data and was jailed for eight years. As part of his auditing role, Skelton was required to download and re-upload personal data.

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Personal data Data breaches Risk Insurance 58

Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

There are dozens of private companies that specialize in providing consumer credit reports and scores to specific industries, including real estate brokers, landlords, insurers, debt buyers, employers, banks, casinos and retail stores.

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Hunton Privacy

DECEMBER 15, 2017

Injuries 101 : The first panel discussed negative outcomes that arise from unauthorized access to and misuse of consumers’ personal data. Consideration was given to whether the same factors apply in both the privacy and security contexts, the risk of potential injury versus realized injury and when government intervention is warranted.

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IT Governance

JUNE 1, 2023

So, each month, we’ll update this page with the latest figures and links, so be sure to bookmark it to keep an eye out for the latest data breach news. IT Governance is dedicated to helping organisations tackle the threat of cyber crime and other information security weaknesses. million people.

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Data breaches Insurance Personal data Ransomware 122

Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

government online. Late last year, the login page for the IRS was updated with text advising that by the summer of 2022, the only way for taxpayers to access their records at irs.gov will be through ID.me , an online identity verification service that collects biometric data — such as live facial scans using a mobile device or webcam.

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Access Authentication Insurance Personal data 214

Krebs on Security

JANUARY 19, 2022

was originally launched in 2010 with the goal of helping e-commerce sites validate the identities of customers who might be eligible for discounts at various retail establishments, such as veterans, teachers, students, nurses and first responders. may require a recorded, live video chat with the person applying for benefits.

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Welcome to our November 2022 review of phishing attacks, in which we explore the latest email scams and the tactics that cyber criminals use to trick people into handing over personal data. Elsewhere, we assess data breaches at a cancer research facility and the US retailer Bed Bath & Beyond. Get started.

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IT Governance

JANUARY 30, 2024

Mobile network database breach exposes 750 million Indians’ personal data The Indian security company CloudSEK claims to have found the personal data of 750 million Indians for sale on an “underground forum”. Data breached: 750 million victims’ personal data.

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Data Privacy Retail Privacy Manufacturing 52

IT Governance

JANUARY 3, 2024

TB exfiltrated Comcast Cable Communications, LLC (Xfinity) Source 1 ; source 2 (New) Telecoms USA Yes 35,879,455 Tecnoquadri Srl Source (New) Manufacturing Italy Yes 33,000,000 Asia Insurance Co.

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Data Privacy Insurance Manufacturing Retail 107

IT Governance

JANUARY 23, 2024

Organisation(s) Sector Location Data breached? Known records breached Naz.API (likely belonging to multiple organisations) Source (New) Unknown Unknown Yes 70,840,771 VF Corporation Source 1 ; source 2 (Update) Retail USA Yes 35,500,000 Pastelería Mozart Source (New) Hospitality Chile Yes 10,870,524 Foxsemicon Integrated Technology, Inc.

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IT Governance

MARCH 5, 2024

TB Turtlemint Source (New) Insurance India Yes 1,800,000 Chunghwa Telecom Source (New) Telecoms Taiwan Yes 1.7 TB LDLC Source (New) Retail France Yes 1,500,000 APROA Source (New) Professional services Argentina Yes 1,197,562 Petrus Resources Ltd.

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Data Privacy Privacy Manufacturing Retail 52

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.

Data Privacy 101

Data Privacy Energy and Utilities Privacy Manufacturing 101

IT Governance

MARCH 11, 2024

Glosbe dictionary exposes almost 7 million records The multilingual online dictionary Glosbe left a MongoDB instance unsecured last year, exposing nearly 7 million users’ information, including personal data, encrypted passwords and social media identifiers. Source (New) Retail Italy Yes 436,932 Toner-dumping.de TB Paysign, Inc.

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Data Privacy Privacy Security Data breaches 87

IT Governance

JUNE 1, 2021

If you find yourself facing a cyber security disaster, IT Governance is here to help. Our Cyber Incident Response service provides the help you need to deal with the threat, as our experts guide you through the recovery process. They’ll review the breach, mitigate the damage and ensure that you are up and running again as soon as possible.

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Data breaches Ransomware Insurance Energy and Utilities 124

Privacy and Cybersecurity Law

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

The CCPA governs how businesses treat “consumer” “personal information.” The CCPA defines “personal information” broadly to include information that “identifies, relates to, describes, is capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with a particular consumer or household.”

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Privacy Sales Compliance Cybersecurity 58

The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

Local government agencies remain acutely exposed to being hacked. However, at this moment in history, two particularly worrisome types of cyber attacks are cycling up and hitting local government entities hard: ransomware sieges and election tampering. That’s long been true.

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Ransomware Government Retail Security 118

Privacy and Cybersecurity Law

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

The CCPA governs how businesses treat “consumer” “personal information.” The CCPA defines “personal information” broadly to include information that “identifies, relates to, describes, is capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with a particular consumer or household.”

Privacy 58

Privacy Sales Education Compliance 58

IT Governance

MAY 1, 2019

Criminal accesses personal data of faculty staff and students at Georgia Tech (1.3 Phishing scam exposes personal data at Florida’s Clearway Pain Solutions Institute (35,000). Customer data stolen as website of Japanese luxury railway hit by cyber attack (8,000). Data breaches. Ransomware.

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Data breaches Personal data Ransomware Phishing 111

IT Governance

JANUARY 3, 2020

Monash IVF Group warns patients of data theft after phishing attack (unknown). Hackers break into government system used by the country’s schools (unknown). Singapore-based retailer Love, Bonito apologises to customers after malware infection (unknown). Galt, CA, government suffers ransomware attack (unknown).

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Data breaches Ransomware Phishing Government 116

IT Governance

OCTOBER 31, 2019

Phishing attack blamed as PA-based Geisinger Health Plan notifies patients of data breach (56,176). A DDoS gang is extorting business posing as Russian government hackers (unknown). Victoria government insists patient data is safe after ransomware attack (unknown). Pine County, MN, government hit my payroll scam (4,400).

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Data breaches Ransomware Phishing Retail 92

Data Protection Report

OCTOBER 11, 2019

In the second example, a retail store may offer discounted prices to individuals who sign up for their mailing lists as long as the consumer can continue to receive discounted prices even after they have exercised a right (right to know, delete, opt out). The business must take into account its primary method of interacting with customers.

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Sales Retail Privacy Access 40

Reltio

APRIL 25, 2019

If the digital transformation doesn’t have an end date, then is your data platform able to scale infinitely to support your long-term, evolving customer experience? Can it continuously collect and correlate all customer data from internal as well as external, public, and social media? For Future.

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 19, 2023

An investigation determined that personal data, including names, addresses, phone numbers, Social Security numbers, dates of birth and bank account numbers, belonging to nearly 15 million people was obtained by an unauthorised party between 30 October and 1 November. Data breached: personal data belonging to 14,690,284 individuals.

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Data Privacy Manufacturing Privacy Energy and Utilities 52

IT Governance

APRIL 29, 2024

Known data breached Discord (via Spy.pet) Source (New) IT services USA Yes 4,186,879,104 Baidu, Inc., Source (New) Retail USA Yes Unknown Autodesk Source (New) Software USA Yes Unknown DATAIR Employee Benefit Systems, Inc. law with respect to their data collected by U.S

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Data Privacy Privacy Manufacturing Security 52

John Battelle's Searchblog

JULY 22, 2018

But before you roll your eyes in anticipation of yet another Facebook rant, no, this post is not about Facebook, despite that company’s continued inability to govern itself. No, this post is about the business of health insurance. So what does this have to do with healthcare, data, and the insurance industry?

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Insurance Personal data Education Government 80

IT Governance

AUGUST 2, 2021

If you find yourself facing a cyber security disaster, IT Governance is here to help. Data breaches. South African insurance provider has been hit by a major security incident (unknown) Florida’s CONNECT website breached (50,000). Financial information. Malicious insiders and miscellaneous incidents.

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Data breaches Ransomware Insurance Personal data 105