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TSMC Brushes Off $70M Ransom Demand, Faults Supplier
- Sunday, 09 July 2023
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Hit by a $70 million ransom demand from the Russian-speaking cybercrime group known as LockBit, TSMC has acknowledged that hackers stole data from one of its suppliers but maintained that the breach neither affected operations nor compromised its customers’ information. So reports CNN.
Read more...California Retirement Breach Spurs Class-Action Lawsuit
- Sunday, 09 July 2023
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A major data breach of the California Public Employees’ Retirement System, or CalPERS, has prompted a lawsuit that seeks class-action status. So reports The Sacramento Bee.
Read more...Cybersecurity Leaders Find Favor in Boardrooms
- Sunday, 09 July 2023
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As robust cybersecurity becomes more and more critical in corporate America, boards of directors are increasingly appointing chief information security officers to join their ranks. So reports CNBC.
Read more...Appeals Court Keeps Door Wide for Data Breach Class Actions
- Sunday, 09 July 2023
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A panel of the First Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed a trial court’s ruling in a decision that leaves the door open to class-action lawsuits based on possible future harm from a data breach. So reports Claims Journal.
Read more...Microsoft Disputes Alleged Breach of 30 Million Accounts
- Sunday, 09 July 2023
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Not long after acknowledging that a hacker group known as Anonymous Sudan was behind June service disruptions, Microsoft has poured cold water on the organization’s claim of a massive data breach. So reports Bleeping Computer.
Read more...$10M Bounty Offered for CLoP Ransomware Details
- Monday, 26 June 2023
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- Written by Security Tech Brief Staff
The U.S. government announced that it is offering a bounty of as much as $10 million for details tying the CLoP ransomware gang to a foreign state sponsor. So reports Bleeping Computer.
Read more...Cyber CEO See Generative AI as Key to Future of Security
- Sunday, 25 June 2023
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During earnings calls, CEOs from the biggest publicly traded cybersecurity firms have touted potentially transformative benefits to their companies from generative artificial intelligence. So reports Cybersecurity Dive.
Read more...Top U.S. Cyber Official Warns of 'Aggressive' China Attacks
- Sunday, 25 June 2023
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Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Director Jen Easterly has called out “aggressive cyber operations” by China as an “epoch-defining threat.” So reports CNBC.
Read more...Hackers Claim February Reddit Breach, Threaten Leak
- Sunday, 25 June 2023
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The BlackCat ransomware gang has claimed that it stole a trove of data from Reddit during a confirmed February cybersecurity incident—and has threatened to publish the data unless Reddit pays a ransom. So reports TechCrunch.
Read more...Oreo-Maker Mondelez Reveals Employee Data Breach
- Sunday, 25 June 2023
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- Written by Security Tech Brief Staff
Mondelez has disclosed a data breach that the maker of Oreo and other snack foods says affects more than 50,000 current and former employees. So reports The Record.
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