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Los Angeles County says 25 departments affected by February phishing incident
No matter how many warnings are issued and how many times employees may be trained to avoid phishing attacks, some will fall for it. But 25 departments of a county government? Was this a failure of training or are the phishing attacks getting harder to detect because of the use of AI to compose the […]
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 […]
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 […]
Chinese hackers are increasingly deploying ransomware – researchers
Researchers at Sentinel Labs and Recorded Future report that Chinese-linked cyberespionage campaigns are increasingly deploying ransomware. CyberScoop reports that their research suggests that ransomware is reportedly used in the final stage of cyberespionage operations to either make money, distract adversaries, or make it more difficult to attribute their work: The report that Chinese hackers are […]