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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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.
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 […]
When a rural hospital suffers a cyberattack that may knock it offline or encrypt all of its systems and patient records, the human cost can be enormous. Sadly, it is not unusual for criminal groups to attack hospitals, believing that they will have no choice but to pay extortion demands. In a statement issued Monday […]
In a week when some big data breaches, like Ticketmaster and Santander, have already been disclosed and confirmed, yet another big breach is now being claimed. An individual calling themself “Sp1d3r” claims to have acquired data on 190 million people who contacted QuoteWizard to get quotes on insurance. The threat actor claims the data includes: […]
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 […]