Over the past decade, California experienced close to 1,500 data breaches in which a total of 5.6 billion personal records were exposed, more than in any other state, a new report by Comparitech …
Small Businesses May Not Be Security’s Weak Link
A new report by (ISC)² indicates that the poor reputation of small businesses when it comes to security isn't entirely justified. Small firms are often considered to be a supply-chain risk for larger …
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Desjardins, Canada’s largest credit union, announces security breach
A recent security breach at Desjardins, the largest credit union in Canada and one of the world's biggest banks, highlights how insiders can put organizations and their data at risk. Last week, Quebec …
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Phishing Attack Exposes Data of 645,000 Oregon DHS Clients
The Department of Human Services (DHS) in Oregon suffered a data breach earlier this year in which a threat actor obtained unauthorized access to the personal data of around 645,000 of the agency's …
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Hacker Steals Customer Payment Info in EatStreet Data Breach
On May 3, a threat actor gained unauthorized access to the payment card information of an unknown number of customers of Eatstreet, a popular online food ordering service. The company discovered the …
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Equifax breach impacted the online ID verification process at many US govt agencies
A recent report[pdf] by the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) highlights a relatively unknown dimension of the impact of the massive 2017 Equifax data breach. The standard method used by many …
Human error still the cause of many data breaches
A new survey by Shred-it shows that data breaches are very often the result of human error. The majority of C-suite executives (53%) and more than a quarter of Small Business Owners (SBOs) (28%) point …
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Three US Universities Disclose Data Breaches Over Two-Day Span
A recent string of data breaches impacting three US universities serves as a reminder that universities are major targets for cybercrime. Graceland University discovered that an "unauthorized user …
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CBP Says Thousands of Traveler Photos Stolen in ‘Malicious Cyber-Attack
United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) was the targeted of a “a malicious cyber-attack” resulting in the theft of data belonging to thousands of travelers entering and exiting the US. The …
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8.4TB in email metadata exposed in university data leak
A leaky ElasticSearch database exposed 8.4TB worth of email metadata belonging to Shanghai Jiao Tong University, a security researcher with Cloudflare discovered on May 22. The unsecured database …
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