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Threat Actors Claiming Breach of Accenture Employee Data
GB Hackers on Security notes a listing on Breach Forums that claims to be leaking data from former and current employees of Accenture. The listing, by a user calling themself “@888” states: In June 2024, Accenture suffered a data breach from a third party that exposed 32,826 employees/former employees. Breached by @888 The Compromised Data […]
Breach Notification Compliance: Data Breach Review
Data Breach Review – What is It, Who Does It, and What to Watch Out For As noted in the Overview of this series, if an investigation into a breach indicates that personally identifiable information (PII) or protected health information (PHI) was involved, a data breach review is required. The Data Breach Times turned to […]
Breach Notification Compliance: Send In the Experts
A series of articles on the processes involved in responding to a data breach. Overview By now, most business owners know that it is not a question of whether, but rather, when, your business will suffer a data breach. Depending on what laws apply to your business, you may only have a matter of days […]
Update: Cleveland City Hall remains paralyzed by cyberattack
On Monday, the city shut down its city hall in response to a cyberattack. News5 in Cleveland reported yesterday that the city remains paralyzed: Cleveland City Hall remains shut down for residents as officials work to contain and eradicate a cyber incident that has disrupted the city’s systems for six days. Residents have been unable […]
Facebook shareholders’ lawsuit over user data security heads to high court
Courthouse News reports that the Supreme Court has agreed to review a Ninth Circuit decision that revived a shareholder’s lawsuit against Facebook that stemmed from the Cambridge Analytica breach. The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to review whether shareholders can revive a lawsuit accusing Facebook of misleading them about the risk associated with user data […]
Privacy authorities for Canada and the United Kingdom launch joint investigation into 23andMe data breach
The following announcement was issued by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada on June 10. The Data Breach Times has previously reported on the 23andMe data breach.
Cleveland shuts down city hall due to cyberattack
The Record reports that Cleveland shut down its city hall on Monday in response to a cyberattack. In a statement to Recorded Future News, a city spokesperson would not say what systems were shut down due to the incident but confirmed that police, fire and emergency medical services are still functioning, as is the 911 […]
The devastating impact of data breaches on brand reputation
Hariom Seth, the founder of Tagglabs, writes: Any company handling data is susceptible to data breaches. IBM in 2023 conducted a study of 553 companies on the cost of data breaches, according to which a majority of organisations within the study had at least 1 major data breach in the past year. Healthcare was the […]