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The infamous data leak of Chinese citizens’ personal data
Details of one of the biggest data leak ever.
Razer data breach case: a claim against IT solution provider is filled
Due to a security misconfiguration by third-party IT-solution provider, Razer's client's data was at a stake of being exposed.
Sensitive Data Of Colorado Springs Utilities Clients Leaked
Colorado Springs Utilities notified their customers via email that sensitive data was obtained by an “unauthorized party”. The problem appeared to be on a subcontractor side. The name of the company remains unrevealed due to “security reasons”.
Demotivation for intruders: no more ransom payments
Recently the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and the Information Commissioners Office (ICO) published a joint letter, addressed to the Law Society.
Exposure of 23 million users’ data
Due to the dangerous misconfiguration of a third-party database owner, personal data of 23 million users was exposed.
(In)secure digest: personal data newsletter, hacked state services and endangered farmers
The time has come to reveal some “classic” and non-trivial information security incidents. As usual, we’ve gathered some of the most impressive cases of the month in our digest.
Insider incident affected nonfungible token (NFT) marketplace
This time, one of the largest nonfungible token (NFT) marketplace experienced an insider related data leak.
Avaya system administrator: illegal licenses generating and selling
Avaya system administrator was accused of fraud. It was stated that together with accomplices he sold software with additional options for IP-ATC. The overall sum of their financial operations exceeds $88 million.
Another personal data leak CafePress clients affected this time
CafePress got its consumers’ sensitive personal data, including Social Security numbers, exposed. The claim against Residual Pumpkin Entity, former owner of CafePress and PlanetArt, current owner of CafePress was filled by the Federal Trade Commission. The main issue of the claim is that the organization had failed to ensure safety of client’s personal data (including Social Security numbers), and covered up the data breach.
Important trends in corporate security
In this article we continue to deal with the topic of corporate security, and we’ll provide a slight overview of some information security trends and advice on how top-managers may eliminate the ongoing risks.
Another data leak in the healthcare sphere
Choice Health Insurance database leak, caused by human error took place recently.
Massive database exposed to public access
Another data leak has taken place recently. About 60 GB of data has been exposed to public access.
General Motors clients’ personal data was obtained by intruders
General Motors, one of the leading car manufacturer accepted the fact, that last month cybercriminals managed to conduct the credential stuffing attack.
Excessive data supplement
According to newest research, people are becoming more conscious in their work with data. Still, a lot of excessive data is transmitted.
More than 60% of companies affirmed breach experience in last year
Internal risks are still underestimated.
New concept of organization’s security
It seems that the time has come to elaborate new approach to the concept of organization security
Apple releases patches for 0-Days in MacOS and iOS
Dangerous zero-day vulnerabilities are eliminated by Apple.
The new post-quantum cryptography standards are to be announced soon
New era in post-quantum cryptography standards.
According to Bloomberg, in the middle of 2021 Apple, Meta and Discord staff sent hackers their clients’ data
Users' personal data was sent hackers by mistake.
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