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Aetna charged $1m for three data breaches under HIPAA
The HIPAA (the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) has exacted a $1 million penalty from Aetna, U.S. health care insurance company.
30.10.2020
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Awareness doesn’t prevent from human factor
Employees keep opening emails even though they look like a phishing attack
28.10.2020
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Law firm exposes Google staffers' data
Form I-9 files comprising personal data got breached.
27.10.2020
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(In) Secure digest: the science of information security, death cyberattack, and bank leaks
We collected "classic" and non-trivial incidents reported by foreign media
27.10.2020
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British Airways has been charged £20 million
British Airways have been charged £20 million instead of paying £183 million – the initial fine imposed by the Information Commissioner’s Office.
21.10.2020
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Shifting to the cloud
Almost half of IT companies shifted to the cloud during the lockdown
20.10.2020
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10 questions about the DLP system: why do I need it, what can I do, and what can't I do?
Today DLP system’s purpose is not just monitoring data leaks as it was in the beginning - now DLP systems are commonly used to solve a much broader list of problems.
14.10.2020
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620 Maltese citizens have filed a claim
The company is reported to have breached GDPR.
13.10.2020
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Tesla factory sabotaged by employee
The company became aware of the incident last month.
09.10.2020
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Rights and wrongs when creating profile
How can you analyse employee personality and steer clear of breaching privacy?
08.10.2020
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Mayo Clinic clients’ data was accessed by a former employee
A former employee has compromised more than 1600 patient records.
07.10.2020
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The biggest GDPR fine in Germany
H&M will be charged €35.3 million – penalty imposed by the Data Protection Authority of Hamburg.
02.10.2020
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No ransom paid - no data saved
Personal data of students and employees got leaked.
Data breaches analysis
SearchInform analysed breaches that occurred in the first half of 2020.
25.09.2020
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Insiders in Shopify and patients records leaked by an employee
4000 patients records appeared to be exposed over the past few years.
23.09.2020
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Student data breach at the Warsaw University of Life Sciences
BYOD might face some critics, as usage of personal devices led to a data breach.
21.09.2020
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93% IT leaders claimed outbound email led to data breach in the last year
538 senior specialists mitigating security risks took part in the survey.
17.09.2020
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Data Protection in the Cloud
Security innovations and strict compliance are key in achieving the utmost security for your cloud data.
14.09.2020
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The Darwin Awards in Information Security World
...or 7 stories about stupidity, careless work, credulity and their consequences
09.09.2020
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Information security in small businesses demands owners' and execs' attention
Each third employee considers information security within a company an average or a massive issue.
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