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DoJ charged 19 individuals in a transnational cybercrime investigation xDedic Marketplace

Security Affairs

In January 2019, law enforcement agencies in the US and Europe announced the seizure of the popular xDedic marketplace , an underground market offering for sale access to compromised systems and personally identifiable information. DoJ charged 19 individuals worldwide for their role in the operations of the now-defunct xDedic Marketplace.

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6,009,014 MovieBoxPro Accounts Breached in Another Data Scraping Incident

IT Governance

Plus, a further 3,029,461 known records newly breached Welcome to this week’s global round-up of the biggest and most interesting news stories. 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.

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 16–22 October 2023

IT Governance

Welcome to a new series of weekly blog posts rounding up the biggest and most interesting news stories. 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. Breached organisation: City of Philadelphia, US.

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List of data breaches and cyber attacks in April 2020: 216 million records breached

IT Governance

Meanwhile, you can stay up to date with the latest news by subscribing to our Weekly Round-up or visiting our blog. You can take a look at every reported incident that accounts for April’s 216,141,421 breached records here. As always, incidents affecting UK organisations are listed in bold.

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List of data breaches and cyber attacks in March 2020 – 832 million records breached

IT Governance

And the bad news is that unsettled employees, many of whom are being asked to work from home, and depleted workforces mean there is an increased chance of an incident occurring. Illinois public health agency hit by ransomware amid coronavirus outbreak (unknown). US property and demographics database leaked onto the web (201,162,598).

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List of data breaches and cyber attacks in June 2021 – 9.8 million records breached

IT Governance

And don’t forget to subscribe to our Weekly Round-up to receive the latest industry news and advice – including our Q2 review of data breaches and cyber attacks, based on these lists, which will be published in early July. In other news…. In other news… U.S. Cyber attacks. Ransomware. Data breaches. Financial information.

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Illinois Court Says Biometric Fingerprint is Violation of Privacy, Even Without Injury: Data Privacy Trends

eDiscovery Daily

With Legaltech® behind us, it’s time to get back to covering interesting news items. On January 25, the Illinois Supreme Court rejected an argument from a popular theme park that would have limited a state law that requires consent for the use of facial recognition and other biometrics. So, what do you think?