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Critical Actions Post Data Breach

SecureWorld News

Recent cybersecurity statistics indicate that data breaches are escalating into a significant international concern. This underscores the need not only for strong preventive measures to protect critical information but also for a well-defined strategy to contain the damage if attackers successfully breach your defenses.

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Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) fined Meta €251 million for a 2018 data breach

Security Affairs

Meta has been fined 251M ($263M) for a 2018 data breach affecting millions in the EU, marking another penalty for violating privacy laws. The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) fined Meta 251 million ($263M) for a 2018 data breach impacting 29 million Facebook accounts.

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Web developers SitePoint discloses a data breach

Security Affairs

The website, and publisher of books, courses and articles for web developers, SitePoint discloses a data breach that impacted 1M users. SitePoint is an Australian-based website, and publisher of books, courses and articles for web developers. The company has disclosed a data breach and notified its users via email.

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Plex discloses data breach and urges password reset

Security Affairs

The company disclosed a data breach after threat actors have access to a limited subset of data stored in a compromised database. Exposed data includes emails, usernames, and encrypted passwords. This is a headache, but we recommend doing so for increased security. SecurityAffairs – hacking, data breach).

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Data Enrichment, People Data Labs and Another 622M Email Addresses

Troy Hunt

I've become more familiar with this sector over recent years due to the frequency with which it's been suffering data breaches that have ultimately landed in my inbox. i speak at conferences around the world and run workshops on how to build more secure software within organisations.

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 493 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Security Affairs

Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free in your email box. A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press.

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 494 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Security Affairs

Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free in your email box. A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press.