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List of data breaches and cyber attacks in November 2021 – 223.6 million records breached

IT Governance

In November, we discovered 81 publicly disclosed cyber security incidents, accounting for 223,615,390 breached records. In the meantime, you can find the full list of security incidents below, with those affecting UK organisations listed in bold. Cyber attacks. Ransomware. Data breaches. Financial information. In other news….

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

IT Governance

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 April 2021 – 1 billion records breached

IT Governance

It was another busy month in the cyber security sector, as we discovered 143 incidents that resulted in 1,098,897,134 breached records. discloses security incident (unknown) St. discloses security incident (unknown) St. discloses security incident (unknown) St. discloses security incident (unknown) St.

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

IT Governance

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. Spargo & Associates Inc.

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IG: The Whole Is More Than the Sum of Its Parts

Positively RIM

IT, Legal, Records, Privacy, Security, Compliance Finance, Audit and other areas can manage their information alone. Conversely, technology specialists rarely train on the intricacies of law, compliance and privacy. Attorneys may consider an “archive” to be the reference library of legal matters or cases.

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

IT Governance

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). Investigation underway into privacy breach at City of Corner Brook’s website (unknown). It’s not all good news, though.