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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 26 February – 3 March 2024

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. Data apparently includes users’ full names, phone numbers, addresses, email addresses and partial payment card information. Data breached: 21,100,000 records.

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Historic Charges: First Enforcement Action Filed by New York Department of Financial Services Under Cybersecurity Regulation

Data Matters

On July 21, 2020, the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS or the Department) issued a statement of charges and notice of hearing (the Statement) against First American Title Insurance Company (First American) for violations of the Department’s Cybersecurity Requirements for Financial Services Companies, 23 N.Y.C.R.R.

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Ransomware Protection in 2021

eSecurity Planet

IMPORTANT INFORMATION !!! These may be emails sent to millions of potential victims or targeted emails sent to a specific person in a particular organization. Attackers will inform the victim that their data is encrypted. Employees should be trained not to double-click on executable files with a.exe extension.