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Data breach stories - Page 12

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Tesla takes ex-employee to court for hacking and sharing confidential info
Fri, 22nd Jun 2018
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Tesla has taken a former employee to court for allegedly hacking company data and handing it over to third parties.
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Singapore CSA looks back at 2017's most rampant cyber threats
Wed, 20th Jun 2018
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Singapore's CSA flags surge in cyber threats targeting disruption over profit in 2017.
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French national behind UK data breach caught in Thailand
Tue, 19th Jun 2018
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Europol has revealed details surrounding the arrest of a 25-year-old coder who allegedly helped to extort a British organisation.
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As NDB takes hold, expect to see more breach reports come to light
Thu, 14th Jun 2018
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In light of Australia’s NDB legislation, one Australian technology integrator says we can expect to see many reports surfacing over the coming years.
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Optics firm hit with biggest data breach fine in French history
Wed, 13th Jun 2018
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France's CNIL slaps optics firm with record €250k fine for data breach.
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How to effectively address security challenges in a digital healthcare world
Wed, 23rd May 2018
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It’s important for healthcare firms to maintain organisation-wide security that is both up-to-date and automated, says Wavelink.
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Chinese threat actor linked to leak of more than 200 million Japanese PII datasets
Mon, 21st May 2018
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Leaked personal information includes names, credentials, email addresses, dates of birth, phone numbers, and home addresses.
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Germany infiltrated by Russian group that crippled Ukraine’s power
Wed, 9th May 2018
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The power grid in modern countries may not be as secure as you think, as reports have emerged revealing hackers have breached Germany's supply.
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Singapore organizations caught in 'patching paradox'
Tue, 8th May 2018
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Singapore organizations say they don’t have the resources to keep up with the volume of patches required to remediate software flaws.
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Building customer trust is paramount as data breaches become more common
Tue, 8th May 2018
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NZ's data surge raises digital trust debate amid global privacy concerns.
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Is risk at the top of your digital agenda? Here's why it should be
Mon, 7th May 2018
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Cyber threats loom large as 73% of firms face likely attacks, costing millions and threatening operations.
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Vector to take Stuff to High Court; media agency refuses to hand over confidential breach data
Fri, 4th May 2018
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Vector may take legal action against Stuff over refusal to secure, return or destroy customer data leaked in a data breach.
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Vector's Outage app hit by data breach last month - personal info stolen
Fri, 4th May 2018
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The breach happened on April 26, 2018. On April 27 the company posted a FAQ section that detailed an API vulnerability in its Outage app.
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CommBank says no evidence customer data was compromised in 2016 breach
Thu, 3rd May 2018
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The breach occurred in May 2016 when the bank couldn’t confirm that two magnetic tapes were destroyed, despite being scheduled for destruction.
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A four-step-plan towards cloud resilience in an age of data security
Mon, 23rd Apr 2018
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The ramifications of having a data breach are ten-fold for government agencies who handle sensitive information.
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2.5 billion data records exposed - most from human error
Thu, 12th Apr 2018
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Cyber attackers see data as gold; breaches up 88%, with human error the new chink in our armour.
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IT decision makers unsure about their security maturity
Wed, 11th Apr 2018
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Respondents in APAC put forth highest IT budget allocation to security, but overall executives allocate security less than 10% of their budget.
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Despite a 60% breach rate, Australians have firm grasp on cybersecurity
Tue, 10th Apr 2018
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60% of Australian respondents polled in this year’s Telstra Security Report 2018 say their business has been interrupted due to a security breach.
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175 days to detect a network intruder in EMEA - just 77 in US
Sat, 7th Apr 2018
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A study has revealed the median time for an EMEA business to detect an intruder is more than double that in the US - and it's much worse in APAC.
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New report delves deep into cybercrime - and forecasts its future
Fri, 6th Apr 2018
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Now in its tenth year, Trustwave has released its encyclopaedic report that details both current and future threats that are crucial to be aware of.
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Facebook is finally making changes to its data sharing controls - but is it too little, too late?
Fri, 6th Apr 2018
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Most Facebook users could have had their data scraped by cyber attackers, says the social network's chief technology officer.
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1.5 billion confidential data files publicly available - that's more than 12 petabytes of data
Fri, 6th Apr 2018
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Credit card data, medical records, payroll data, intellectual property and tax information are all available publicly online with no data protection.
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OPINON: Counting the broader cost of Facebook’s data dilemma
Thu, 5th Apr 2018
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Barracuda SVP Chris Ross talks about the results of a recent survey they ran following the Facebook fallout to determine the true cost.
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Experts weigh in on Australia's Notifiable Data Breaches scheme
Thu, 5th Apr 2018
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Australia’s new mandatory data breach disclosure law has already shown just how regularly organisations are experiencing data breaches.