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OV-gates at railway station showing data breach of market research firms

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Data Breach of Dutch Market Research Firms Impacts Millions, Includes Some Income Information

April 6, 2023

A number of Dutch market research firms using a piece of industry software called Nebu have been breached, and the fallout appears to include about two million Netherlands residents. The data breach seems to mostly consist of contact information, but also includes income data.

Modern medical devices in operating room showing FDA cybersecurity guidelines

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More Cyber Rules From Industry-Specific Federal Regulators: FDA Issues Cybersecurity Guidelines for Medical Devices

April 5, 2023

The new FDA terms will have manufacturers submit a plan with new applications that demonstrates how they will monitor, identify and address cybersecurity issues, along with "reasonable assurances" that the medical devices are protected from cyber attacks.

Toronto City Hall in downtown showing Clop ransomware gang data breach via GoAnywhere vulnerability

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Clop Ransomware Breached the City of Toronto, Virgin Red and Others via GoAnywhere Vulnerability

April 5, 2023

Clop ransomware has breached dozens of organizations, including the City of Toronto, Virgin Red, and Pension Protection Fund via the GoAnywhere vulnerability.

Website of ChatGPT on smartphone showing Italian DPA privacy concerns

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Italian DPA Puts a Temporary Ban on ChatGPT Over Privacy Concerns

April 4, 2023

ChatGPT is at least temporarily offline in Italy, as the Italian DPA has concluded that the AI tool may have violated data privacy laws during a recent data leak. OpenAI has been given 20 days to address privacy concerns, or it may face substantial fines.

Poster of Russian President Vladimir Putin on building showing Vulkan files revealed Russian cyberwar strategies

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Vulkan Files: Contractor Leak Reveals Russian Cyberwar Plans, Disinformation Campaigns

April 4, 2023

The Vulkan Files revealed insight into Russian cyberwar plans and strategies and that company engineers work directly for Russian military and intelligence outfits and train state-backed hackers, run disinformation campaigns and provide support for cyber attacks.

Man holding mobile phone with system warning showing commercial spyware vendors and zero-days

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Commercial Spyware Vendors Selling Zero-Days, Exploit Chains for Android, iOS and Chrome

April 3, 2023

The report comes from Google’s TAG, which tracks over 30 of these commercial spyware vendors. The current crop of zero-days, which the report saw deployed in late 2022, targets Android and iOS as well as the Chrome web browsers.

North Korean hacker working with laptop showing malicious Chrome extension stealing Gmail emails

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North Korean Hackers Are Stealing Gmail Emails Using a Malicious Chrome Extension

April 3, 2023

A phishing campaign by the North Korean government-linked hacking group Kimsuky is leveraging a malicious Chrome extension to steal Gmail emails from high-value targets.

Hand on laptop keyboard showing data breach of Australia financial service provider

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Data Breach of Financial Service Provider Latitude Jumps From 328,000 to 14 Million Records Stolen

March 31, 2023

A mid-March data breach at Australian financial service provider Latitude was initially estimated as impacting a little over a quarter of a million of its customers. Latitude now says that 14 million records were exposed, including passport numbers.

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Ferrari Disclosed a Data Breach Impacting Customer Data but Refused to Pay Ransom

March 31, 2023

Italian supercar maker Ferrari disclosed a data breach impacting an unknown amount of customer data after a hacker demanded ransom, a request that the company turned down.

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Partial Twitter Source Code Leak on GitHub Uploaded Shortly After First Round of Layoffs

March 30, 2023

GitHub has shared a DMCA filing from Twitter that indicates source code leak was apparently posted on the site shortly after Elon Musk's introductory round of layoffs began.

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Data Breach of Dutch Market Research Firms Impacts Millions, Includes Some Income Information

More Cyber Rules From Industry-Specific Federal Regulators: FDA Issues Cybersecurity Guidelines for Medical Devices

Clop Ransomware Breached the City of Toronto, Virgin Red and Others via GoAnywhere Vulnerability

Italian DPA Puts a Temporary Ban on ChatGPT Over Privacy Concerns

Vulkan Files: Contractor Leak Reveals Russian Cyberwar Plans, Disinformation Campaigns

Commercial Spyware Vendors Selling Zero-Days, Exploit Chains for Android, iOS and Chrome

North Korean Hackers Are Stealing Gmail Emails Using a Malicious Chrome Extension

Data Breach of Financial Service Provider Latitude Jumps From 328,000 to 14 Million Records Stolen

Ferrari Disclosed a Data Breach Impacting Customer Data but Refused to Pay Ransom

Partial Twitter Source Code Leak on GitHub Uploaded Shortly After First Round of Layoffs

Security flaw in Microsoft’s Analytics Platform Titan Exposes 17 Trillion Records

Meta Muse AI Assistant’s Zero-Day Vulnerability Could Enable Attackers to Inject Malware

New Disclosure of “Meddling” OpenAI Agents Includes Attacks on UN and US Government Websites

ShinyHunters Hacks the FBI in a Security Breach Exposing Personal Information of 38,000 People