IT Governance

MAY 16, 2019

Earlier this month, two major pharmaceutical giants issued warnings about phishing emails targeting job hunters. Unfortunately, red flags like that are ignored in all kinds of phishing scams, and this scheme is a perfect example of why that happens. Can you spot a phishing scam? What should you be looking for?

Healthcare 66

Healthcare Phishing Ransomware Communications 66

IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

There were a massive 99 data breaches and cyber attacks in August, making it the third-biggest monthly total of the year by number of security incidents. But, by contrast, only 36,673,575 records were confirmed to have been leaked, which is the fewest we’ve recorded since May 2018. Cyber attacks. Hitachi Chemical Co. Cyber attacks. Data breaches.

Data breaches 122

Data breaches Ransomware Insurance Manufacturing 122

IBM Big Data Hub

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

McDonald’s is building AI solutions for customer care with IBM Watson AI technology and NLP to accelerate the development of its automated order taking (AOT) technology. Not only will this help scale the AOT tech across markets, but it will also help tackle integrations including additional languages, dialects and menu variations.

Artificial Intelligence 89

Artificial Intelligence Retail Unstructured data Insurance 89

IT Governance

MAY 2, 2023

Additionally, billing information, insurance numbers and other financial details were stolen in the attack. Reports emerged near the end of the month that a cyber criminal had gained unauthorised access to the organisation’s systems and had stolen the personal data of 2.3 million people.

Data breaches 105

Data breaches Ransomware Personal data Access 105

IT Governance

JUNE 1, 2021

Doncaster-based One Call Insurance hit by ransomware (unknown) Ransomware attack on Swiss Cloud Computing AG (6,500) Wolfe Eye Clinic victim of Lorenz threat actors (unknown) One of the US’s largest pipelines shuts down to contain cyber security breach (unknown) J. Find out more. Ransomware. Spargo & Associates Inc.

Data breaches 124

Data breaches Ransomware Insurance Energy and Utilities 124

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).

Data breaches 145

Data breaches Personal data Ransomware Phishing 145