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The Weeks in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 18 – 31 December 2023

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billion records The security researcher Jeremiah Fowler discovered an unprotected database exposing more than 1.5 Fowler contacted the company, which secured the database. The security researcher Bob Diachenko identified the leak in September and contacted TuneFab, which fixed the misconfiguration within 24 hours.

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List of data breaches and cyber attacks in May 2021 – 116 million records breached

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If you find yourself facing a cyber security disaster, IT Governance is here to help. Edinburgh mental health clinic in probe after client information accessed in scam (unknown) Iranian Hackers Hit H&M Israel (unknown) South Africa’s VirginActive goes offline after cyber attack (unknown) B.C.

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List of data breaches and cyber attacks in January 2020 – 1.5 billion records breached

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The new decade has begun relatively well, with a six-month low of only 61 disclosed cyber security incidents. Bartlett Public Library District, IL, computers disabled by ransomware (unknown). Oman’s largest insurance company shut down by ransomware (unknown). It’s not all good news, though. Data breaches.