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Data Protection News

LinkedIn Gets €310 Million GDPR Fine for Ad Tracking

October 28, 2024

Business and employment networking giant LinkedIn is being hit with a big GDPR fine for failure to obtain sufficiently informed consent for ad tracking, and for not having a valid basis for its processing of first party personal data for this purpose.

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Cyber Security News

No Recovery Prospects: Casio Systems Still Down Two Weeks After a Ransomware Attack

October 25, 2024

Japanese electronics company Casio is still reeling from a ransomware attack that disrupted its systems, two weeks after the incident occurred and with no expected recovery timeline.

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Cyber Security News

Hacker “USDoD” Arrested in Brazil for Long String of Data Breaches

October 25, 2024

USDoD has a years-long history of data breaches, leaking the stolen information or offering it for sale on hacking forums. This has included some extremely damaging collections of information, the largest of which thus far has been the National Public Data breach.

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Cyber Security News

Joint Cybersecurity Advisory Warns of Iranian Hackers Brute Forcing Critical Infrastructure and Selling Initial Access

October 25, 2024

A joint cybersecurity advisory warns of Iranian hackers using brute-force attacks to compromise critical infrastructure to obtain initial access for sale to other threat actors.

Man in black hood working showing Pokémon Developer data breach

Cyber Security News

Pokémon Developer Game Freak’s Data Breach Includes Thousands of Employee Records, Internal Nintendo Secrets

October 24, 2024

The Pokémon developer has confirmed that a data breach took place about two months ago and was the result of illegal access to the company's internal network, spilling internal secrets and some employee contact information.

Spider on keyboard showing zero-days and exploited vulnerabilities

Cyber Security News

Mandiant: 70% of Exploited Vulnerabilities in 2023 Were Zero-Days

October 23, 2024

A new report from Mandiant indicates that 70% of 2023's total of 138 exploited vulnerabilities were zero-days when first used, with the average time-to-exploit (TTE) dropping drastically from 32 days to just five.

Cyber Security News

Cisco Data Breach Leaks Sensitive Infrastructure Information Impacting High-Profile Organizations

October 23, 2024

Cisco has launched a data breach investigation and pulled its development portal offline after a hacker listed the company’s infrastructure information on a hacking forum.

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Cyber Security News

Chinese Researchers Use Quantum Computer to Crack RSA Encryption

October 21, 2024

Researchers at Shanghai University used the D-Wave quantum computer to demonstrate decryption of a working RSA public key. The incident does demonstrate that the timeline to crack encryption that is not quantum-resistant, something that many feel is still at least 10 years off, may be shorter than expected.

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Cyber Security News

Marriott Data Breaches Result in a $52 Million FTC Settlement

October 18, 2024

Marriott International has approved a $52 million FTC settlement to conclude an investigation into over half a decade of data breaches that rocked the hotel franchise.

Hand typing on keyboard showing third party data breach of debt collection agency

Cyber Security News

Comcast Third-Party Data Breach Impacts Over 230K After Ransomware Hits Debt Collection Agency FBCS

October 18, 2024

A data breach affecting debt collection agency FBCS has impacted over 230,000 Comcast Customers, long after the telecom giant terminated the recovery firm’s services.

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No Recovery Prospects: Casio Systems Still Down Two Weeks After a Ransomware Attack

Hacker “USDoD” Arrested in Brazil for Long String of Data Breaches

Joint Cybersecurity Advisory Warns of Iranian Hackers Brute Forcing Critical Infrastructure and Selling Initial Access

Pokémon Developer Game Freak’s Data Breach Includes Thousands of Employee Records, Internal Nintendo Secrets

Mandiant: 70% of Exploited Vulnerabilities in 2023 Were Zero-Days

Cisco Data Breach Leaks Sensitive Infrastructure Information Impacting High-Profile Organizations

Chinese Researchers Use Quantum Computer to Crack RSA Encryption

Marriott Data Breaches Result in a $52 Million FTC Settlement

Comcast Third-Party Data Breach Impacts Over 230K After Ransomware Hits Debt Collection Agency FBCS

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