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Victory for Pharma Giant Merck in NotPetya Cyber Attack Suit Redefines “Act of War” Insurance Claims

May 16, 2023

Victory for Merck in the long-simmering suit on the 2017 NotPetya cyber attack means that cyber insurers now have much less ground to stand on when denying insurance claims on an "act of war" basis.

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Cyber Security News

Leaked Passwords for Pulse Secure Enterprise VPN Servers Traced Back to Failure to Keep up With Patches

August 18, 2020

Customers of one of the biggest names in the field of enterprise VPN services suffered a significant breach when a list of leaked passwords in plaintext was published on an underground forum.

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Data Protection News

Dutch Regulator Hits Clearview AI With Large GDPR Fine for Illegal Facial Recognition Database

September 10, 2024

Despite formally pulling out of the EU market, Clearview AI continues to face legal difficulties as its facial recognition database has drawn a €30.5 million ($33.7 million) GDPR fine from the Dutch data protection agency.

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Data Privacy News

Cisco Report Finds Data Privacy a Top Priority for Security Professionals During Pandemic Conditions

February 3, 2021

Data privacy report from Cisco finds that the roles of security professionals are evolving in response to regulatory changes and the specific pressures created by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Cyber Security News

Security Breach at Password Manager LastPass as Hackers Steal Source Code and Proprietary Information

August 30, 2022

Recent security breach at password manager LastPass does not appear to be an immediate threat to the encrypted vaults that customers use to store their passwords, but the hackers may have made off with source code and proprietary information.

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Cyber Security News

AI Aggregator OmniGPT Suffers a Security Breach Exposing Sensitive Data Including Credentials

February 21, 2025

A security breach affecting the AI aggregator platform OmniGPT has leaked the sensitive information of 30,000 individuals including API keys, chat logs, and uploaded files.

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Cyber Security News

NYSE Exchange Owner Fined $10 Million Over Breach Reporting Failure

May 28, 2024

ICE has been charged with causing nine of its subsidiaries in total, the NYSE included, to fall afoul of breach reporting requirements as they were not provided the information by their parent company in a timely enough manner.

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Cyber Security News

Latest Coinrail $40M Heist Shows Need for Security and Cryptocurrency Regulations

June 27, 2018

As might be expected, the scale and scope of the latest Coinrail cyber heist has increased the call for new cryptocurrency regulations for both exchanges and trading, and could go a long way in maintaining investor faith in the modern financial system.

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Cyber Security News

Information of Over 115 Million Pakistani Mobile Subscribers Exposed in a Massive Data Leak

May 15, 2020

In a massive data leak, details of 115 million Pakistani mobile subscribers have surfaced online after a hacker tried to sell the package for 300 bitcoins equivalent to $2.1 million.

Hacker working on machine showing stolen data sold on dark web by hacking group

Cyber Security News

Notorious Hacking Group Sells More Than 73 Million of Stolen User Records on the Dark Web

May 22, 2020

Compromised data belonging to ten companies is on sale on the dark web by a hacking group called ShinyHunters. The 73 million stolen user records is being sold for $18,000.

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Victory for Pharma Giant Merck in NotPetya Cyber Attack Suit Redefines “Act of War” Insurance Claims

Leaked Passwords for Pulse Secure Enterprise VPN Servers Traced Back to Failure to Keep up With Patches

Cisco Report Finds Data Privacy a Top Priority for Security Professionals During Pandemic Conditions

Security Breach at Password Manager LastPass as Hackers Steal Source Code and Proprietary Information

AI Aggregator OmniGPT Suffers a Security Breach Exposing Sensitive Data Including Credentials

NYSE Exchange Owner Fined $10 Million Over Breach Reporting Failure

Latest Coinrail $40M Heist Shows Need for Security and Cryptocurrency Regulations

Information of Over 115 Million Pakistani Mobile Subscribers Exposed in a Massive Data Leak

Notorious Hacking Group Sells More Than 73 Million of Stolen User Records on the Dark Web

Leak of Microsoft Meeting Documents Indicates Company Is Struggling to Keep Up With Security Vulnerabilities Uncovered by Mythos

Cyber Attack by Suspected Iranian Hackers Hits 36 Minnesota Water Utilities, Causing Outages

Feds Warn About Iranian Hackers Expanding the List of Targeted PLCs to Compromise Critical Infrastructure

Out-of-Control AI Agent Strikes Again, Hacks Accounts at Four Additional Services