IT Governance

JANUARY 10, 2022

You can see more incidents from February in our list of data breaches and cyber attacks. Speaking of government intervention on cyber attacks, the US government was forced to intervene after state-sponsored attackers targeted Microsoft Exchange Server vulnerabilities in March.

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IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

If you find yourself facing a cyber security disaster, IT Governance is here to help. In other news… Wawa customers win initial settlement approval in data breach lawsuit Waikato DHB wins injunction to stop Radio NZ using hacked data. Travel and medical insurance provider guard.me

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 5, 2023

“In 2022, governments fought wars online, businesses were affected by multiple ransomware gangs, and regular users’ data was constantly on hackers’ radars,” said NordVPN CTO Marijus Briedis. 2023, he predicted, “will not be any easier when it comes to keeping users’ data safe and private.”

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IT Governance

JULY 31, 2019

Croatian government targeted by mysterious hackers (unknown). Pennsylvania-based software firm and healthcare provider accuse each other of data theft (unknown). TX-based Wise Health reports data breach caused by phishing attack (35,899). Hackers publish list of Discord credentials they accessed in phishing scam (2,500).

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IT Governance

MAY 24, 2024

Those people will be affected if anything goes wrong due to mismanagement of their data. However, people are generally open to forgiving organisations when things go wrong if the organisation can demonstrate they treated personal data with the respect that it deserves, and they did the best they can.” Why aren’t they stopped?

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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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IT Governance

JUNE 27, 2018

Phishing theft of $93G at clean energy agency went unreported for months. Data Watchdog Probes Dixons Hack of 6 Million Bank Cards. Possible data breach of Wellington billing and payment system. Morinaga Milk customer data stolen after website hacking. Cigna Error Revealed Customer Bank and Claims Data in Asia.

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IT Governance

MAY 4, 2021

million) Wyoming Department of Health leaking data online (164,021) Maine government website displayed mental health patients’ confidential information (unknown) Israel: Private patient cases of deceased psychologist found on the street (unknown) Contact tracing data breach exposes health information of Pennsylvanians (72,000).

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IT Governance

JANUARY 30, 2020

You can find detailed breakdowns of some of the more notable incidents by subscribing to our Weekly Round-up or by visiting our blog (where we have a dedicated series on phishing scams ). in phishing scam (unknown). Russian agents reportedly phished organisation at the centre of Trump impeachment scandal (unknown).

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IBM Big Data Hub

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

However, some adware might harvest personal data or redirect web browsers to malicious websites. The attack is an early example of social engineering and phishing. In 2011, its source code and instruction manual leaked, providing valuable data for both cybersecurity professionals, as well as other hackers.

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