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Cyberattacks on local government have increased dramatically over the last several years. What is it about municipal organizations and governments that makes them such attractive targets?
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The US needs a data protection agency of its own, and Kirsten Gillibrand wants to be the one that makes it happen. Continue reading Senator calls for dedicated US data protection agency
The biggest takeaway from observing 2019 trends is that being proactive and having a data privacy strategy in place is important to help mitigate the risk of a data privacy breach.
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Phishing emails have been uncovered that request a full rundown of personal data – even asking for photos of passports. Continue reading Active PayPal Phishing Scam Targets SSNs, Passport Photos
Feds have charged four members of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) in connection with the infamous 2017 Equifax breach. Continue reading Equifax Breach: Four Members of Chinese Military Charged with Hacking
An intruder illegally accessed an employee email account at San Diego, California-based preschool education provider Enrichment Systems, Inc (EES) and may have viewed sensitive personal information of parents and students, the firm said in a press rele… Continue reading Data breach hits San Diego low-income preschool provider
A vast database containing information scraped from the public domain on 56.25 million U.S. citizens has been found online, with no security and serving an IP address belonging to Chinese online retailer Alibaba. All data hosted on the server seems to … Continue reading Unsecured Database with Personal Info on 56 Million U.S. Citizens Found Online
2020 is here. Toss any bad habits and take on new goals this year by identifying critical outcomes, defining key metrics and implementing your security New Year’s resolutions step-by-step.
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Four trends defined data breaches in 2019: million-record breaches, pinpoint ransomware attacks, data left exposed on cloud servers and the struggle of cryptocurrencies to go mainstream.
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From more widescale, powerful distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks, to privacy issues in children’s connected toys, here are the top IoT disasters in 2019. Continue reading Top 10 IoT Disasters of 2019