IT Governance

DECEMBER 1, 2020

We recorded 103 cyber security incidents in November, which accounted for 586,771,602 leaked records. The majority of those came from a credential-stuffing attack targeting Spotify and a data leak at the messaging app GO SMS Pro, which you can learn more about below. As usual, incidents affecting UK organisations are in bold.

Data breaches 137

Data breaches Ransomware e-Discovery Personal data 137

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. The true figure, as always, will be higher than this – in part because organisations rarely disclose how many records were involved in security incidents. Data breaches.

Data breaches 122

Data breaches Ransomware Insurance Manufacturing 122

HL Chronicle of Data Protection

JUNE 13, 2019

On May 28, 2019, the Cyberspace Administration of China (“ CAC “) released the draft Measures on the Administration of Data Security (“ Data Security Measures ” see our in-house English translation here ) for public consultation. The scope of application of the Data Security Measures.

Personal data 40

Personal data IT Data collection Compliance 40

IT Governance

DECEMBER 27, 2019

A royal baby, a fire at Notre-Dame, the highest grossing film of all time and more than 12 billion breached data records: 2019 has been quite a year. IT Governance is closing out the year by rounding up 2019’s biggest information security stories. Mumsnet disclosed a data breach affecting 4,000 people. million (£4.2

Data breaches 69

Data breaches GDPR Passwords Personal data 69

IT Governance

MARCH 11, 2024

Glosbe dictionary exposes almost 7 million records The multilingual online dictionary Glosbe left a MongoDB instance unsecured last year, exposing nearly 7 million users’ information, including personal data, encrypted passwords and social media identifiers. Organisation(s) Sector Location Data breached? TB Paysign, Inc.

Data Privacy 87

Data Privacy Privacy Security Data breaches 87

IT Governance

JANUARY 23, 2024

At the end of each month, these incidents – and any others that we find – will be used to inform our monthly analysis of data breaches and cyber attacks. The data set is a collection of 1 billion credentials sourced from stealer logs and hosted on the illicit.services website. million customers’ data.

Data Privacy 52

Data Privacy Privacy Manufacturing Retail 52

Security Affairs

MARCH 3, 2024

Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free for you in your email box. Private Plane Owners’ Data Linked to LA Intl. A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press.

Security 108

Security Ransomware Retail Artificial Intelligence 108