Stephen Pritchard reports: Authorities in India are set to clamp down on data breaches and tighten rules for holding sensitive data, according to local media reports. Organizations will be forced to disclose data breaches within 72 hours, bringing India in line with territories such as the EU, which mandates breach disclosures under its General Data Protection Regulation…
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NY State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases School District Audits
NY State Comtroller DiNapoli released more school district audits last week. As always, DataBreaches.net looked to see what audits concerned IT security. New Rochelle City School District – Information Technology (2021M-142) Issued Date: December 17, 2021 Audit Objective Determine whether New Rochelle City School District (District) officials established adequate controls over network and financial application…
HIPAA Enforcement by State Attorneys General
HIPAAJournal has a nice piece on HIPAA enforcement action over the years by state attorneys general. You can access it here.
More than 1,200 phishing toolkits capable of intercepting 2FA detected in the wild
Catalin Cimpanu reports: A team of academics said it found more than 1,200 phishing toolkits deployed in the wild that are capable of intercepting and allowing cybercriminals to bypass two-factor authentication (2FA) security codes. Also known as MitM (Man-in-the-Middle) phishing toolkits, these tools have become extremely popular in the cybercrime underworld in recent years after major…
Washington State Data Breaches in 2021 – Analysis
The Washington State Attorney General report on data breaches reported to their office in 2021 shows a significant increase over previous years. No surprise there, right? From the Executive Summary: 2021 set a new record for the highest number of data breach notices sent to Washingtonians (6.3 million). This represents approximately an 80% increase on…
2021 Year in Review: Data Breach and Cybersecurity Litigations
Kristin Bryan, Rafael Langer-Osuna, Jesse Taylor, and Katie Sharpless of Squire Patton Boggs write: 2021 was another year of high activity in the realm of data event and cybersecurity litigations with several noteworthy developments. CPW has been tracking these cases throughout the year. Read on for key trends and what to expect going into the…