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UK Labour Party Suffers Two Cyberattacks As Election Looms
- Thursday, 14 November 2019
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Britain’s opposition Labour Party, which faces off against the Conservative Party in a general election set for Dec. 12, has been hit with back-to-back cyberattacks. So reports Reuters.
Read more...Capital One Demotes Cybersecurity Chief After Data Breach
- Thursday, 14 November 2019
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Capital One has relieved its chief information security officer of his duties following a data breach in July affecting about 100 million customers. So reports TechCrunch.
Read more...Trial Data is Set for Alleged Capital One Hacker
- Tuesday, 12 November 2019
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A trial for the Seattle software engineer accused of orchestrating a massive breach of Capital One users’ personal data has been scheduled for March 2020. So reports local King 5 News.
Read more...Dem Staffer Quits After Accessing Rival Candidate’s Data
- Tuesday, 12 November 2019
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- Written by Security Tech Brief Staff
Democratic presidential candidate Tom Steyer’s staffer Dwane Sims has stepped down after an internal inquiry, according to Steyer’s campaign. So reports NBC News.
Read more...Hackers Plead Guilty in Cyberattack That Uber Concealed
- Tuesday, 12 November 2019
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Two men have pleaded guilty in federal court in San Jose, Calif., to computer hacking and an extortion conspiracy that entangled Uber as well as LinkedIn-owned Lynda.com. So reports the Associated Press.
Read more...Is White House Cybersecurity at Risk After a Staff Exodus?
- Saturday, 02 November 2019
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- Written by Security Tech Brief Staff
An outgoing top White House cybersecurity official has warned that recent administrative changes are leading to the departures of team members hired during the Obama administration to oversee presidential network security—and will likely result in another data breach.
Read more...Cyber Insurers Are Now Pushing Certain Cyber Vendors
- Saturday, 02 November 2019
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- Written by Security Tech Brief Staff
The top cyber insurance providers have begun offering customers incentives to work with particular cybersecurity vendors. So reports CPO Magazine.
Read more...UniCredit Reveals Data Breach Affecting 3 Million Clients
- Saturday, 02 November 2019
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Unicredit, the No. 1 bank in Italy, has announced a data breach exposing the records of 3 million domestic customers. So reports Reuters.
Read more...Senators Question TikTok App Over Security Concerns
- Saturday, 02 November 2019
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A bipartisan pair of U.S. lawmakers has called for an inquiry into TikTok, a hugely popular social media app owned by Beijing-based tech company ByteDance, for possible “national security risks.” So reports CBS News.
Read more...Study Links Hospital Data Breaches to Higher Death Rates
- Saturday, 02 November 2019
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- Written by Security Tech Brief Staff
Heart attack patients died at a higher rate in the months and years after a data breach at hospitals that experienced such attacks, a new study published in Health Service Research finds. So reports PBS.
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