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Data Breaches, Class Actions and Ambulance Chasing

Troy Hunt

This post has been brewing for a while, but the catalyst finally came after someone (I'll refer to him as Jimmy) recently emailed me regarding the LOQBOX data breach from 2020. A data breach made you sad and now you want money for being sad? If he's received more spam as a result of a breach, which breach was it?

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Influence of data breaches on Merger and Acquisition deals

CyberSecurity Insiders

Data breaches have become increasingly common in recent years, and they can have a significant impact on merger and acquisition (M&A) deals. In this article, we will explore the influence of data breaches on M&A deals and the steps that companies can take to minimize their risks.

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Uber responding to “cybersecurity incident” following reports of significant data breach

CSO Magazine

Ride-hailing giant Uber has confirmed that it is responding to a cybersecurity incident as reports emerge that the firm has suffered a significant network data breach forcing it to shut down several internal communications and engineering systems. Attacker announces Uber breach through compromised Slack account.

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How to Prevent Data Breaches: Data Breach Prevention Tips

eSecurity Planet

With the ever-present threat of data breaches, organizations need to adopt best practices to help prevent breaches and to respond to them when they occur to limit any damage. And breaches will occur – because bad guys make a living by figuring out ways to circumvent security best practices.

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Hacked home computer of engineer led to second LastPass data breach

CSO Magazine

Password management company LastPass, which was hit by two data breaches last year , has revealed that data exfiltrated during the first intrusion, discovered in August, was used to target the personal home computer of one of its devops engineers and launch a second successful cyberatttack, detected in November.

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BrandPost: How Modern Companies Stop Data Breaches

CSO Magazine

In this three-part series, we are detailing how digital transformation necessitates security transformation and how security service edge (SSE) offerings are the ideal solution for modernizing enterprise cybersecurity. This post is focused on stopping data breaches with SSE. To read this article in full, please click here

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Timeline of the latest LastPass data breaches

CSO Magazine

On November 30, 2022, password manager LastPass informed customers of a cybersecurity incident following unusual activity within a third-party cloud storage service. To read this article in full, please click here