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Latest news on data protection, privacy and cybersecurity regulatory developments, data breaches and enforcement actions happening around the world.

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Data Privacy News

Data Privacy Day 2018 Comes at an Important Time in the Privacy and Security Debate

January 29, 2018

The 10th anniversary of national Data Privacy Day celebrated on January 28 couldn't have come at a better time for Internet users with the past 12 months filled with stories about cyber security attacks, election meddling, state surveillance, and massive corporate data breaches.

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Data Privacy News

Data Privacy Jobs Report Shows Demand for Privacy Pros at Record High Thanks to Complex Regulatory Requirements, Mass Migration to Cloud Services

May 9, 2022

Demand for privacy pros sparked a 30% increase in data privacy jobs in the previous year, with projections that the trend will continue through 2022 and beyond.

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Cyber Security News

Data Scraping Yields 700 Million LinkedIn Profiles for Sale on Dark Web; About 92% Of Platform Users, but Mostly Public Information

July 2, 2021

Another social media platform API has been abused for data scraping. A listing offering 700 million LinkedIn profiles has appeared on an underground hacking forum.

Picture of oil refinery plant showing the data wiper malware attack on Bahrain's National Oil Company linking to Iran

Cyber Security News

Data Wiper Malware Attack on Bahrain’s National Oil Company Linked to Iran, Part of an Ongoing Pattern

January 21, 2020

In a malware attack on Bapco, hackers gained access to the network and loaded the data wiper into the central anti-virus software, from where it was distributed to all machines.

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Cyber Security News

DC Board of Election Data Breach Leaked the Entire Voter Roll, Including PII

November 2, 2023

The District of Columbia Board of Elections data breach claimed by a Russian ransomware gang leaked the entire voter roll, including personal information and voting records.

NATO plane at runway showing DDoS attack by Russian hackers disrupted earthquake relief efforts

Cyber Security News

DDoS Attack by Russian Hackers Disrupt Turkey-Syria Earthquake Relief, Other NATO Operations

February 20, 2023

Russian hackers have claimed responsibility for recent DDoS attacks against NATO that disrupted a number of its operations including earthquake relief efforts for the Turkish-Syrian earthquake.

Cyber Security News

DDoS Attack Creates Global Azure Outage for Eight Hours

August 7, 2024

Customers affected by an Azure outage on July 30 were likely trying to access it during a newly confirmed DDoS attack, which Microsoft says was exacerbated by an error in the implementation of their automated defense systems.

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Cyber Security News

DDoS Attack on Amazon Web Services Raises Cloud Safety Concerns

October 31, 2019

For nearly eight-hours, AWS DNS servers were hit by a sustained DDoS attack. The servers were essentially jammed such that their basic mitigations appeared to have little or no effect.

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Cyber Security News

DDoS Attack Trend: Numbers Dip as Intensity Surge

October 4, 2017

Imperva's Q2 2017 Global DDoS Threat Landscape Report highlights a disturbing new DDoS attack trend of repeat assaults and increased assault intensity.

Hackers conducting DDoS attacks during COVID-19 pandemic

Cyber Security News

DDoS Attacks Increased Rapidly During the COVID-19 Pandemic as Hackers Exploited New Tools and Techniques

January 29, 2021

A10 Networks found an increase in DDoS attacks during the COVID-19 pandemic as attackers exploited new DDoS tools, 5G networks, and the increasing number of connected devices.

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Data Privacy Day 2018 Comes at an Important Time in the Privacy and Security Debate

Data Privacy Jobs Report Shows Demand for Privacy Pros at Record High Thanks to Complex Regulatory Requirements, Mass Migration to Cloud Services

Data Scraping Yields 700 Million LinkedIn Profiles for Sale on Dark Web; About 92% Of Platform Users, but Mostly Public Information

Data Wiper Malware Attack on Bahrain’s National Oil Company Linked to Iran, Part of an Ongoing Pattern

DC Board of Election Data Breach Leaked the Entire Voter Roll, Including PII

DDoS Attack by Russian Hackers Disrupt Turkey-Syria Earthquake Relief, Other NATO Operations

DDoS Attack Creates Global Azure Outage for Eight Hours

DDoS Attack Trend: Numbers Dip as Intensity Surge

DDoS Attacks Increased Rapidly During the COVID-19 Pandemic as Hackers Exploited New Tools and Techniques

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