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U.S. Charges 4 Chinese Military Officers in 2017 Equifax Hack

Krebs on Security

Justice Department today unsealed indictments against four Chinese officers of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) accused of perpetrating the 2017 hack against consumer credit bureau Equifax that led to the theft of personal data on nearly 150 million Americans. commercial and government interests. and Liu Lei (??)

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LW ROUNDTABLE: Will the U.S. Senate keep citizens safe, vote to force China to divest TikTok?

The Last Watchdog

Hart “A more fitting approach would be for the government to focus on identifying and elucidating potential threats, thereby empowering citizens to make informed decisions regarding the technologies they use,” Hart says. There’s no change there.” I hope to see more material regulatory actions against China in the future.”

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Executive Order on access to Americans’ bulk sensitive data and Attorney General proposed regulations – Part 2

Data Protection Report

Recall that the focus of the Executive Order was not on single transactions, but rather bulk transactions of Americans’ personal data. What is included in the special category of “government related data”? government, including the military and Intelligence Community.”

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 269

Security Affairs

Maze ransomware gang hacked M&A firm Threadstone Advisors LLP Ransomware attack disrupts operations at Australian beverage company Lion Tech firms suspend use of ‘biased facial recognition technology Accessories giant Claires is the victim of a Magecart attack, credit card data exposed Black Kingdom ransomware operators exploit Pulse VPN flaws (..)

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List of data breaches and cyber attacks in March 2020 – 832 million records breached

IT Governance

Medical and military contractor Kimchuk hit by ransomware (unknown). Data breaches. Nursing home probed after leaving disabled patients’ data on street (36). Millions of Brazilians’ data leaked after being stored in unprotected database (81.5 Anonymous secret-sharing app Whisper exposed sensitive personal data (unknown).

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List of data breaches and cyber attacks in July 2020 ­– 77 million records breached

IT Governance

After mammoth amounts of personal data were leaked in May and June, we’ve seen a reversion to the mean this month. Bitcoin scam leaks personal data of users from across the globe (248,926). Australian MyGov accounts for sale on dark web (3,600). NHS Orkney employee sent patient info to the wrong person (1).

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List of Data Breaches and Cyber Attacks in October 2022 – 9.9 Million Records Breached

IT Governance

By contrast, comparatively little personal data was breached, with our figures confirming that at least 9,990,855 records were compromised. If you’re facing a cyber security disaster, IT Governance is here to help. Cyber attacks.