Data breach stories - Page 13

Headline-grabbing security breaches of high-profile enterprises are becoming more common, fuelling the anxieties of business leaders who hope they're not next.

8.4 billion documents were leaked in the first three months of 2020, smashing records and setting a sombre tone for the year.

GoDaddy, the largest domain registrar with 77 million domains, discloses a data breach affecting users' SSH accounts, impacting 19 million customers worldwide.

Approximately 450 active WHO email addresses and passwords, and emails belonging to others working on fighting COVID-19, were leaked on the internet.

Major data breaches push Southeast Asia firms to prioritise data protection, reveals Kaspersky survey. Companies to bolster cybersecurity budgets.

Australian organisations take an average of 200 days to identify a breach and another 81 days to contain them, both longer periods than a year ago.

When you have a small, expensive, generalist security team, it is an inefficient use of their time to be chasing down ghosts and false positives.

Thankfully, there are some effective steps that can be taken to overcome four of the most common security issues, thereby reducing the attack surface.

Bitglass research reveals 38% of Fortune 500 firms lack a CISO, exposing vulnerabilities. Public trust now hinges on solid cybersecurity credentials.

New Zealand businesses must prepare for new regulations around mandatory breach legislation, warns the Privacy Bill.

Edwards has a clear message: If New Zealand businesses undermine the issue of privacy, they will ruin their business.

Discussion is likely to focus on cloud security, with IT professionals asking themselves: How did we cope with the threat situation last year?.

More than 27 million individuals were affected by breaches of protected health information, according to Bitglass.

KiwiSaver provider Generate reports a data breach exposing personal information of 26,000 customers over a one-month period, sparking identity theft concerns.

New research shows that nearly 40% of companies worldwide feel threatened by cyber incidents, making it the top business risk in 2020.

Equifax breach vulnerability from Apache Struts tops WatchGuard’s Q3 2019 list of network attacks, highlighting rising malware and zero-day threats.

In 2018, hackers breached a NordVPN server at a Finnish data centre, but the company insists no user data was compromised.

Zynga has disclosed a data breach that may have compromised millions of account login details for its popular Words With Friends and Draw Something games.

New Zealand pet retailer Animates has taken its website offline after a data breach compromised 2,700 customers' personal and payment details.

The financial services sector reported the second-highest number of data breaches in the 12-month period covered by the latest OIAC report.