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New Data Breach Trends: Small Business Identity Records Now Target #1 for Hackers

March 20, 2019

New 4iQ report indicates that data breaches were up by over 420% from 2017, exposing a total of almost 15 billion identity records. Small businesses are being targeted much more frequently than previously thought and that even relatively tiny businesses are now on the menu for sophisticated hackers.

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Whistleblower Says Ubiquiti Lied About the Source and Extent of Its Data Breach To Protect Stocks

April 12, 2021

A whistleblower says that Ubiquiti downplayed its data breach to protect its stocks. He claims that Ubiquiti was the source of the breach, and hackers gained administrative rights.

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It’s 2018, Do You Know Where Your Data Is?

April 16, 2018

Anyone dealing with critical information should pay attention to the data they handle, how they are accessing it, and where it originated. The idea is to maintain the integrity of the data and the chain of custody, which is a concept that involves the strict ownership and control over the item in question.

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Airline Data Breaches Worrying

November 6, 2018

With airline data breaches at Cathay Pacific, British Airways, Delta Airlines and Air Canada this year, is the industry now a soft target for cybercriminals?

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American Bar Association’s Data Breach Exposes User Credentials of 1.4 Million Members

April 28, 2023

U.S. legal professional organization, the American Bar Association (ABA), has notified over 1.4 million members that a recent data breach exposed user credentials.

United Nations building with flags showing the UN data breach from unpatched SharePoint vulnerability

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UN Admits Data Breach From Unpatched SharePoint Vulnerability

February 10, 2020

UN suffered a major data breach from unpatched SharePoint vulnerability that compromised staff information, commercial contract data, and health insurance data on 42 servers in 3 branches.

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Cyber Security Insights

Cyber Insurance Now Critical for Public Sector Agencies?

November 29, 2017

The private sector is increasingly turning to cyber insurance to at least mitigate some of the effects of hacking, however governments across the globe seem to have been slow to take advantage. Given the severity of the cyber threats, is it time for public sector agencies to leverage cyber insurance offerings?

Uber Taxi car on the road showing Uber data breach by third party vendor

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Uber Data Breach of Employee Information Caused by Third-Party Vendor

December 16, 2022

The Uber data breach resulted in the theft of a variety of internal company information, and stemmed from a third-party vendor. The thieves also got away with source code and employee personal information.

Doctor holding tablet with a network globe on top showing third party breach at Quest Diagnostics which exposed 12 million patient records

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Third Party Data Breach Hits Quest Diagnostics with 12 Million Confidential Patient Records Exposed

June 11, 2019

Third party data breach struck Quest Diagnostics’ billing vendor which exposed patients’ sensitive information including social security numbers and medical information.

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Voluntary Disclosure of Cybersecurity Risks Mitigates Contagion Effect With Investors

November 19, 2019

New research shows that voluntary disclosures about cybersecurity risk can help mitigate the “contagion effect” that often impacts companies in an industry that has just been the victim of a major cyber breach.

Data Breach

New Data Breach Trends: Small Business Identity Records Now Target #1 for Hackers

Whistleblower Says Ubiquiti Lied About the Source and Extent of Its Data Breach To Protect Stocks

It’s 2018, Do You Know Where Your Data Is?

Airline Data Breaches Worrying

American Bar Association’s Data Breach Exposes User Credentials of 1.4 Million Members

UN Admits Data Breach From Unpatched SharePoint Vulnerability

Cyber Insurance Now Critical for Public Sector Agencies?

Uber Data Breach of Employee Information Caused by Third-Party Vendor

Third Party Data Breach Hits Quest Diagnostics with 12 Million Confidential Patient Records Exposed

Voluntary Disclosure of Cybersecurity Risks Mitigates Contagion Effect With Investors

Johnson Controls International Suffered a Massive Ransomware Attack Potentially Impacting the DHS

Securing the Evolution of Smart Home Applications

Security Budget Increases Only 6% On Average, Organizations Slowing Cybersecurity Spending in Uncertain Economy