Data Breach News, Critical Infrastructure, News
December 22, 2023
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U.S. water utilities were hacked after leaving their default passwords set to ‘1111,’ cybersecurity officials say

FastCompany reports: Providers of critical infrastructure in the United States are doing a sloppy job of defending against cyber intrusions, the National Security Council tells Fast Company, pointing to recent Iran-linked attacks on U.S. water utilities that exploited basic security lapses. The security council tells Fast Company it’s also aware of recent intrusions by hackers linked to China’s military at […]

Data Breach News, Commentaries and Analyses, News
December 22, 2023
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Looking Back at 2023 and Ahead to 2024

A small round-up of posts and analyses of the past year, and predictions for the year ahead. Looking Back at 2023: Data Breaches and Breach Laws Passed Washington State Attorney General Ferguson AG report: Data breaches decline for the second consecutive year, remain historically high List of Data Breaches and Cyber Attacks in 2023 2023 […]

Legal News, News
December 20, 2023
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Cybercrime: the fear of a possible misuse of personal data is capable, in itself, of constituting non-material damage under the GDPR

Judgment of the Court in Case C-340/21 The Bulgarian National Revenue Agency (the NAP) is attached to the Bulgarian Minister for Finance. In particular, it is responsible for identifying, securing and recovering public debts. In this context, it is a personal data controller. On 15 July 2019, the media reported an intrusion into the NAP […]

Data Breach News, News
December 19, 2023
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Justice Department Disrupts Prolific ALPHV/Blackcat Ransomware Variant

FBI Offers Decryption Tool to Over 500 Victims Around the World, Additional Victims Encouraged to Come Forward The Justice Department announced today a disruption campaign against the Blackcat ransomware group — also known as ALPHV or Noberus — that has targeted the computer networks of more than 1,000 victims and caused harm around the world […]

Data Breach News, Healthcare, News
December 16, 2023
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Cancer patients being extorted by ransomware gang

While many ransomware groups claim there’s nothing personal in what they are doing and that it’s “just business,” there are some lines even criminals should never cross. Interfering with patient care when lives might be on the line if care is delayed or disrupted is one such line. Attempting to harass, threaten, or extort seriously […]

Legal News, News
December 14, 2023
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FCC Adopts Updated Data Breach Notification Rules To Protect Consumers

Commission to Expand Scope and Rule Requirements to Reflect Current Security Landscape WASHINGTON, December 13, 2023—The Federal Communications Commission today adopted rules to modify the Commission’s 16-year-old data breach notification rules to ensure that providers of telecommunications, interconnected Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), and telecommunications relay services (TRS) adequately safeguard sensitive customer information.  Today’s action […]

Legal News, News
December 08, 2023
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FBI explains how companies can delay SEC cyber incident disclosures

The Record reports: The FBI has published guidance on how companies can request a delay in disclosing cyber incidents to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The document is a followup to new rules that the SEC approved in June requiring companies to quickly disclose “material” cybersecurity incidents and share the details of their cybersecurity risk management, […]

News, Critical Infrastructure, Data Breach News
December 05, 2023
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Britain says no evidence of Sellafield nuclear site hacking

Reuters reports:  Britain has no records or evidence to suggest that networks at the Sellafield nuclear site were the victim of a successful cyber attack by state actors, the government said on Monday following a report by the Guardian newspaper. The Guardian reported that Sellafield, which carries out nuclear fuel reprocessing, nuclear waste storage and […]