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Beer Company in 'Crisis' After Successive Cyber Attacks
- Thursday, 18 June 2020
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Lion Australia, the largest beer brewer Down Under, has experienced multiple cyberattacks in a matter of days, in what CEO Stuart Irvine depicted as a “cyber crisis” for the company. So reports The Sydney Morning Herald.
Read more...Ransomware Group REvil Targets UK Energy Company
- Saturday, 13 June 2020
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REvil has gone to the dark web with passport photos, financial information and other confidential documents that the hacker group claims are from UK energy company Elexon. So reports The Telegraph.
Read more...Cyber-attack Service Owners Sentenced in Israeli Court
- Saturday, 13 June 2020
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- Written by Security Tech Brief Staff
The co-owners of a business that helped customers launch more than two million cyber attacks, downing innumerable websites, have each received six-month sentences of community service in Israeli court. So reports Krebs on Security.
Read more...San Francisco Pension Plan Suffers Breach
- Saturday, 13 June 2020
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- Written by Security Tech Brief Staff
A data breach has hit the San Francisco City & County Employees' Retirement System and might affect 74,000 plan participants. So reports Pensions & Investments.
Read more...Macy’s Settles Lawsuit Over 2018 Data Breach
- Saturday, 13 June 2020
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Macy’s has reached a settlement of up to $192,500, ending a proposed class action suit over a 2018 breach of customer information. So reports Footwear News.
Read more...Capital One Must Release Third-party Report on Breach, Judge Rules
- Monday, 08 June 2020
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A judge has poured cold water on Capital One’s argument that a cybersecurity firm’s forensic report regarding the company’s 2019 data breach was confidential. So reports CyberScoop.
Read more...White House Report Touts 2019 Decline in Cybersecurity Incidents
- Monday, 08 June 2020
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- Written by Security Tech Brief Staff
A White House report says that the federal government keeps stepping up its cybersecurity. So reports FedScoop.
Read more...Amtrak Admits Data Breach May Have Exposed Customer Accounts
- Monday, 08 June 2020
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The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, better known as Amtrak, has disclosed a data breach and potential compromise of customer account information. So reports ZDNet.
Read more...Cybersecurity Startups Face Squeeze on Sales, Investments
- Monday, 08 June 2020
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Newly formed cybersecurity companies are having a harder time raising funds and selling to clients under the economic cloud from coronavirus, according to investors. So reports The Wall Street Journal.
Read more...Cyber Insurer Coalition Raises $90M, Nears Unicorn Status
- Sunday, 31 May 2020
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- Written by Security Tech Brief Staff
Cybersecurity insurance Coalition has announced $90 million in Series C funding, bringing its total equity capital raised to $125 million. So reports TechCrunch.
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