Clorox reported a total of $49 million in incremental expenses related to the attack, with Johnson Controls reporting data breach costs of nearly $27 million. This money went to remediation costs such as third party contracting, as well as added operating costs due to disruptions.
An INTERPOL-led global law enforcement operation has taken action against 1,300 ransomware, phishing, and malware command-and-control (C2) servers and the arrest of dozens of suspects.
A Hong Kong deepfake scam that netted HK$200 million made use of a fake video conference with multiple company executives. The employee that was targeted reportedly did suspect fraud at first, but nevertheless ended up making a total of 15 bank transfers.
The privacy lawsuit dates all the way back to 2018, when Google internally discovered that the Google+ API was being abused. The privacy lawsuit has now been settled for $350 million, after a lengthy appeals process played out.
Amazon was penalized for excessive employee monitoring, insufficient data minimization, and failing to meet transparency and security requirements. Much of the GDPR fine centers on the hand scanners that are issued to warehouse employees.
The Russian ransomware gang ALPHV/BlackCat has threatened to leak 300 GB of top-secret and classified military documents it stole from a Pentagon contractor.
Global Affairs Canada (GAC), the country’s foreign affairs department, is reeling from the impacts of a data breach that leaked the personal information of users and staff members.
ITRC report noted that the 3,205 data breaches recorded last year shatters the prior record of 1,860 and is a 78% increase from a similar number (1,806) seen in 2022.
Energy and automation company Schneider Electric has confirmed a ransomware attack that disrupted the Sustainability Business division and leaked company data.
New papers reveal the National Security Agency (NSA) regularly purchases internet data about Americans from private data brokers, including categories that could normally only be obtained via a court order.










