Scott Ikeda, Senior Correspondent at CPO Magazine

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Cyber Incident at DP World Australia Shut Down Port Operations, Backed Up 30,000 Shipping Containers

November 17, 2023

Large-scale cyber incident on critical infrastructure shut down port operations across Australia over the weekend, prompting a backup of some 30,000 shipping containers that were unable to unload for several days.

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Cyber Security News

Okta Security Breach Report: 134 Clients Impacted, Including Cloudflare and 1Password

November 16, 2023

The final report on the Okta security breach indicates that the attackers were able to access HAR files containing session tokens of 134 customers, but it appears they were very selective in which they chose to pursue follow-up attacks on. Only five instances of successful session hijacking were logged.

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Cyber Security News

Ransomware Attack on World’s Largest Bank Suspected to Be the Work of LockBit

November 15, 2023

A ransomware attack has caused some chaos in the US Treasury market, as some transactions have had to be suspended or rerouted due to service outages and ICBC has been forced to process Wall Street trades via USB sticks.

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Data Privacy News

New US Privacy Bill Focuses On Ending Domestic Government Surveillance Overreach At All Levels

November 13, 2023

Drawing on terms first proposed in a series of stalled-out data privacy bills that date back to at least 2018, the Government Surveillance Reform Act of 2023 (GSRA) narrows the focus specifically to warrantless government interception at all levels from federal to local.

Cyber Security News

Data Breach at Singapore’s Marina Bay Sands Resort Involves Personal Data of 665,000 Loyalty Program Members

November 9, 2023

The Marina Bay Sands data breach appears to be similar to the ones that struck both MGM and Caesars in recent months. About 665,000 Sands LifeStyle program members are impacted, but the perpetrator remains unknown.

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Cyber Security News

28-Country AI Safety Summit Ends With Declaration to Address Risks, Agreement on Advanced AI Testing Standards

November 8, 2023

A two-day international summit held in the UK has concluded with an agreement on AI safety, with 28 countries that represent most of the leading forces in AI development getting on board.

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Cyber Security News

40-Country Pact to Refuse Ransomware Payments Includes US, EU

November 7, 2023

The International Counter Ransomware Initiative conference has produced a pledge by 40 countries to refuse ransomware payments going forward, including the United States and EU members. The pledge appears to only apply to government entities.

Data Protection News

Meta Behavioral Advertising Restrictions That Began in Norway Expand to EU Ban

November 6, 2023

Meta is now looking at an EU ban after the EDPB reached a decision on a case referred from Norway. The terms of the decision require Meta to stop behavioral advertising across most of the EU by November 10.

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Cyber Security News

SEC Charges SolarWinds and Its CISO Alleging Years of Knowingly Ignoring Cybersecurity Risks, Profiting From Inflated Stock Value

November 6, 2023

SolarWinds and its CISO Timothy Brown are facing serious charges in connection with the catastrophic security breach of 2020, with the SEC alleging that he had knowingly ignored and downplayed serious security risks since at least 2018.

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Cyber Security News

Cyber Incident at DP World Australia Shut Down Port Operations, Backed Up 30,000 Shipping Containers

Okta Security Breach Report: 134 Clients Impacted, Including Cloudflare and 1Password

Ransomware Attack on World’s Largest Bank Suspected to Be the Work of LockBit

New US Privacy Bill Focuses On Ending Domestic Government Surveillance Overreach At All Levels

Data Breach at Singapore’s Marina Bay Sands Resort Involves Personal Data of 665,000 Loyalty Program Members

28-Country AI Safety Summit Ends With Declaration to Address Risks, Agreement on Advanced AI Testing Standards

40-Country Pact to Refuse Ransomware Payments Includes US, EU

Meta Behavioral Advertising Restrictions That Began in Norway Expand to EU Ban

SEC Charges SolarWinds and Its CISO Alleging Years of Knowingly Ignoring Cybersecurity Risks, Profiting From Inflated Stock Value

More Fallout From MOVEit Data Breach Documented: 632,000 Emails From US Departments of Defense and Justice Accessed by Russian Hackers

Data Breach at Denmark’s Central Population Registry Impacts 8.8 Million People

ASOS Data Breach Led to Customers Receiving Unauthorized Push Notifications

Wikimedia: Rogue AI Agents Traced Back to OpenAI Made Unauthorized Edits, Attempted to Compromise Etherpad

A Wave of AI-Powered Cyber Attacks Hits Numerous South Korean Banks, Exposing Sensitive PII