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MY TAKE: Poorly protected local government networks cast shadow on midterm elections

The Last Watchdog

Here are key takeaways: Local risks. As Ananth explained, the city did two things right: they had cyber insurance and they didn’t pay the ransom. This makes government networks even more vulnerable and hackers see them as a gold mine. For a drill down on our discussion, give the accompanying podcast a listen. Election threat.

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 1 – 7 January 2024

IT Governance

million people was compromised, including names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, taxpayer identification numbers, medical information, health insurance information, and billing and claims information. Information relating to nearly 4.5 Data breached: 4,452,782 records. The FTC will accept submissions until 12 January.

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2024 State of Cybersecurity: Reports of More Threats & Prioritization Issues

eSecurity Planet

Risk-based analytics: Considers the level of risk as the context for the level of permission needed to access systems, applications, and data. and software libraries to attack the supply chain. 27% of all attacks mine crypto currencies, usually on unmonitored cloud systems.