Data Breaches Digest

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Data-Leaking Ransomware Attacks Tracked This Month

Data-Leaking Ransomware Attacks Tracked This Year

Thursday, 3 December 2020

Spotify: Swedish Audio Streaming Service's Artists' Pages Hacked And Defaced By Possible Taylor Swift Fan

Dua Lipa and other Spotify artists' pages hacked by Taylor Swift 'fan'

Posted by Dunkie at 21:55

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Labels: #cyberattack, #cybersec, #cybersecurity, #databreach, #databreaches, #dataprivacy, #GDPR, #hacked, #informationsecurity, #infosec, #malware, #sweden

BTC Markets: Australian Cryptocurrency Exchange's Accidental Marketing Email Data Breach Exposes 270,000 Customers' Names And Email Addresses

BTC Markets privacy breach exposes all customers to potential phishing attacks

Posted by Dunkie at 21:45

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Labels: #australia, #cybersec, #cybersecurity, #databreach, #databreaches, #dataprivacy, #finance, #informationsecurity, #infosec, #internalerror, #personallyidentifiableinformation, #PII

Kmart: US Department Store Chain Suffers "Egregor" Ransomware Attack Impacting Internal IT Systems

Kmart nationwide retailer suffers a ransomware attack

Posted by Dunkie at 21:35

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Labels: #cyberattack, #cybersec, #cybersecurity, #databreach, #databreaches, #dataprivacy, #egregor, #hacked, #illinois, #informationsecurity, #infosec, #malware, #ransomware, #US

Wednesday, 2 December 2020

Embraer: Brazilian Aircraft Manufacturer's Ransomware Attack Results In Operational Disruption And Sensitive Data Stolen

Brazilian aerospace firm Embraer hit by cyberattack

Posted by Dunkie at 21:00

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Labels: #brazil, #cyberattack, #cybersec, #cybersecurity, #databreach, #databreaches, #dataprivacy, #hacked, #infosec, #malware, #ransomEXX, #ransomware

Huntsville City Schools: Alabama School District's Ransomware Attack Results In 37 School Closures

Alabama school district shut down by ransomware attack

Posted by Dunkie at 20:45

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Labels: #alabama, #cyberattack, #cybersec, #cybersecurity, #databreach, #databreaches, #dataprivacy, #education, #hacked, #informationsecurity, #infosec, #malware, #ransomware, #US

nTreatment: San Francisco Medical Records Management Company's Unsecure Server Exposes 109,000 US Patients' Health Information

Thousands of US lab results and medical records spilled online after a security lapse

Posted by Dunkie at 20:30

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Labels: #california, #CCPA, #cybersec, #cybersecurity, #databreach, #databreaches, #dataprivacy, #healthcare, #HIPAA, #informationsecurity, #infosec, #PHI, #unsecure, #US

Global Data Breaches - November 2020

November 2020 saw another 103 Data Breaches reported which accounted for 586.7 Million Data Records reported compromised.

November's total amount of Data Breaches reported decreased by over 11% from last month, but the total amount of Data Records reported compromised increased by over 577% from last month.

The hardest hit sectors were Healthcare, Technology and Public Sector, with most breach types continuing to be Cyber Attack, Internal Error and Ransomware, accounting for over 71% of total Data Breaches reported this year.

Currently this takes the yearly totals so far to 986 Data Breaches reported and 20 Billion Data Records reported comprised as of the end of November 2020.