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In 2007, data breach issues became even more serious than in previous years as breaches continued to occur on a regular basis, threatening the security of over 150 million records. The second biggest data breach ever recorded occurred this past year at the Department of Veterans Affairs, and ...
Explore the latest news and expert commentary on Cyberattacks & Data Breaches, brought to you by the editors of Dark Reading
upgrade iterations, accelerating the technical means of data protection. Cyber-attacks have become more common in recent years. According to the SonicWALL2022 Cyber Threat Report, ransomware attacks have surged by 232% since 2019. Here are a few examples of severe data breaches caused by ransomware...
The SEC is investigating whether two massive data breaches at Yahoo should have been reported sooner to investors, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday, citing people familiar with the matter. An SEC spokesman declined to comment. A Yahoo spokesman directed Reuters to the company’s November...
Avoid Being Hacked: Lessons from Recent Data Breaches This week I’m going to cover some of the high profile hacks that have happened recently, including Lastpass, Kaspersky and the White House’s Office of Personnel Management (OPM). My hope is that by learning more, you can avoid being ...
Share Recent state privacy laws offer hope for improving the data breach landscape in the face of private sector failures to implement cybersecurity best practices, according to a report from the Identity Theft Resource Center. “Despite the disconcerting overall trend lines, there...
What is Data Breach & Types In general, there are three types of data breaches. They are: Physical– It can also be referred to as ‘Corporate Espionage’ or efforts to obtain trade secrets by dishonest means, such as computer tapping. ...
Biggest Data Breaches Cyber-attacks pose a significant threat to businesses of all sizes, government agencies, and individual internet users.Recent cyber-attackshave come from hacktivist groups, lone wolf hackers, and nation-states. The first cyber-attack on record was The Morris Worm in 1988. Rob...
In 2020, Verizon uncovered 29,207 security incidents, while 5,200 of these cases were confirmed breaches. The telecom giant fell prey to DDoS attacks; social engineering and client-side web app infections fueled each attack, leading to server-side system breaches. The telecom agency attributes th...