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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 4 – 10 March 2024

IT Governance

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. billion in cyber crime losses in 2023 – a 22% increase on 2022’s figures.

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 13 – 19 November 2023

IT Governance

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. Date of breach: 26 October 2023 Breached organisation: Homeland, Inc., An investigation found that there was unauthorised access to its network between 18 and 23 May 2023.

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List of Data Breaches and Cyber Attacks in 2023

IT Governance

IT Governance is dedicated to helping organisations tackle the threat of cyber crime and other information security weaknesses. With that out of the way, it’s time to move on to May 2023. Our research found 98 security incidents during the month, accounting for 98,226,877 breached records. million people.

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 23–29 October 2023

IT Governance

Publicly disclosed data breaches and cyber attacks France says Russian state hackers breached numerous critical networks Date of breach: From second half of 2021 (reported 26 October 2023). Reeds Spring district alerts families to cybersecurity data breach Date of breach: 26 April 2023 (reported 26 October 2023).

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Australian Privacy Regulator Sues in Data Breach Case

Hunton Privacy

Patrick Gunning from King & Wood Mallesons reports that, on November 2, 2023, the Australian Information Commissioner filed proceedings in the Federal Court of Australia against Australian Clinical Labs Limited seeking a civil penalty ( i.e. , a fine) in connection with the company’s response to a data breach that occurred in February 2022.

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BREAKING: EU Commission Adopts EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework Adequacy Decision

Hunton Privacy

On July 10, 2023, the European Commission formally adopted a new adequacy decision on the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (the “Adequacy Decision”). Privacy Shield by the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) in the Schrems II case. Data Privacy Framework. More information about the EU-U.S.

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New York Becomes First State to Require CLE in Cybersecurity, Privacy and Data Protection

Hunton Privacy

On June 10, 2022, New York became the first state to require attorneys to complete at least one credit of cybersecurity, privacy and data protection training as part of their continuing legal education (“CLE”) requirements. The new requirement will take effect July 1, 2023.