Latest about Data Breaches
T-Mobile breach leaves customers vulnerable to phishing
News T-Mobile confirmed that while customer information was exposed, no financial data or company systems were compromised
FCC plans strict overhaul of 15-year-old US data breach regulations
News Telcos could no longer be able to use negligence as a defence for data breaches as the FCC also seeks to hasten public notification of breaches
IRS mistakenly publishes 112,000 taxpayer records for the second time
News A contractor is thought to be responsible for the error, with the agency reportedly reviewing its relationship with Accenture
Uber says compromised third-party to blame for data breach
News Vulnerable third-party vendor Teqtivity sparks second major incident for Uber in the space of three months
Telstra blames IT blunder for leak of 130,000 customer records
News Australia’s biggest telco said that the error was due to a mismanagement of databases and not a cyber attack
How to react to a data breach
In-depth Every business should have a data breach response plan, but when building one it can be difficult to know where to start
Dropbox confirms hackers stole 130 code repositories in GitHub phishing campaign
News The attackers carried out a phishing attack and gained employee login credentials to CircleCI, which they then used to access GitHub
Australia's Department of Defence becomes latest victim of regional ransomware attacks
News Military information was not stolen in the breach, which may affect the records of 40,000 defence personnel
