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Au: Free support for small businesses that face cyber attacks

Posted on October 4, 2024 by Dissent

Brittney Levinson reports: The $11.1 million small business cyber resilience service will offer free, one-on-one assistance to small business owners to help them recover from and build resilience against cyber attacks. The federal government has appointed IDCARE, a not-for-profit advisory group, to run the service. Minister for Small Business Julie Collins said a cyber incident…

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Alaska Corrections contractor denies ACLU claim of ‘massive’ prisoner health data breach

Posted on October 4, 2024 by Dissent

Sage Smiley reports: The American Civil Liberties Union of Alaska said that it uncovered a “massive” violation of medical privacy laws by a software company used by the Alaska Department of Corrections. But the software company at the center of the complaint claims that’s “false and misleading,” and that there was no breach of data…

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Ie: PSNI fined £750,000 for ‘egregious’ data breach

Posted on October 3, 2024 by Dissent

Ireland Live reports: The Police Service of Northern Ireland has been fined £750,000 for an “egregious” data breach in which the personal information of staff and officers was released. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) fined the organisation for the “serious” breach that left many PSNI workers fearing for their safety and said “simple-to-implement” procedures could…

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Former Epsilon Senior Executive and Sales Manager Both Sentenced for Selling Data on Millions of U.S. Consumers to Fraudsters

Posted on October 1, 2024October 1, 2024 by Dissent

Here is yet another case that reminds us of the insider threat. In this case, the defendants misused Epsilon’s algorithms to predict and sell lists of consumers most likely to respond to fraudster’s schemes’ mailings. Epsilon settled its criminal liability via a deferred prosecution agreement to pay $150 million in penalties and victim compensation and…

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FCC Reaches Multi-Million Dollar Settlement Of Investigations Into T-Mobile Data Breaches With Significant Improvements To Company’s Cybersecurity

Posted on September 30, 2024 by Dissent

WASHINGTON, September 30, 2024—The Federal Communications Commission today announced a groundbreaking data protection and cybersecurity settlement with T-Mobile to resolve the Enforcement Bureau’s investigations into significant data breaches that impacted millions of U.S. consumers. To settle the investigations, T-Mobile has agreed to important forward-looking commitments to address foundational security flaws, work to improve cyber hygiene,…

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Barbados Revenue Authority files listed for sale by threat actors (1)

Posted on September 30, 2024October 4, 2024 by Dissent

Records from the Barbados Revenue Authority such as property tax records and vehicle owner’s registration records are being offered for sale, but is the government even aware that personal information has been acquired and is at risk of misuse? According to a post on a well-established Russian-language forum, there are 230GB of uncompressed data that…

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