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Data Breach leads to Comcast Customer Data Leak

CyberSecurity Insiders

Now, reports are in that the database of the Pennsylvania based digital services provider was hit by a cyber attack leading to a data breach, thus leaking details to hackers. Comcast is yet to officiate the attack, as it is waiting for the preliminary investigation to conclude.

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Google Fi Customer Information leaked in a Cyber Attack

CyberSecurity Insiders

Google Fi, a wireless phone plan offered only to Alphabet Inc’s subsidiary customers, has confirmed a data breach that could have occurred because of a security incident on T-Mobile servers that leaked data related to millions of customers.

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The Data Breach Perception Problem in 2022

Approachable Cyber Threats

The 2022 update to our research on the perception of data breach causes that’s helped organizations re-evaluate how they are at risk for a data breach instead of what feels right. First, a little background It’s been a little over a year since we first shared our research on the data breach perception problem.

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Top 5 Industries Most Vulnerable to Data Breaches in 2023

Security Boulevard

Unfortunately, the increasing reliance on digital systems and capabilities has also attracted an ever-growing number of malicious actors seeking to defraud businesses through phishing , social engineering , or ransomware attacks. The end result of these types of cyber attacks are often highly public and damaging data breaches.

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What Really Caused Data Breaches in 2020?

Approachable Cyber Threats

First, a little background Verizon’s 2021 Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) [1] , an industry publication that analyzes cybersecurity incident and breach data from around the world, found that over 99% of all incident and breach events fall into one of only eight major categories.

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T-Mobile Confirms Data Breach, Says Too Early to Assess Damage

eSecurity Planet

BankInfoSecurity reported that it had communicated with one person involved in the T-Mobile attack, who said the attackers got into the T-Mobile systems when the giant carrier left a gateway GPRS support node (GSSN) – which is a router between the company’s network and the internet – misconfigured, which exposed it to the internet.

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Cyber Law: Does Diplomatic Immunity Apply to Cyber Attacks?

SecureWorld News

Thereafter, through a series of 'spearphishing' attacks aimed at several persons connected to Broidy, including his executive assistant, the hackers obtained access to BCM's Los Angeles-based servers. The kind of data breach harm we often hear discussed at virtual SecureWorld conferences. State of Qatar ].