Infosecurity News
22 Americans Indicted Over Card-Skimming Scam
Nearly two dozen individuals charged with purchasing and using payment cards stolen from national retail chain
NHS to Share Patient Data with Third Parties, Fueling Privacy and Security Fears
Sensitive data will be made available to academic and commercial third parties for research and planning
UK Police Suffered Thousands of Data Breaches in 2020
Lancashire Constabulary was the worst offender
Bose Reveals Ransomware Attack Impacting Staff
Threat actors accessed sensitive personal information
Europe’s Top Human Rights Court Rules UK Mass Surveillance Illegal
Case could pave way for challenges to Snooper’s Charter
US to Regulate Pipeline Cybersecurity
Department of Homeland Security to issue first cybersecurity regulations for pipelines after Colonial cyber-attack
E-tailers See Surge in Automated Fraud
Research into 2020 automated e-commerce fraud finds higher volume, frequency and sophistication
Coast Guard to Create Red Team
US Coast Guard to establish Cyber Operational Assessments Branch and form first red team
Three-Quarters of CISOs Predict Another SolarWinds-Style Attack
Splunk warns that cloud complexity is a major threat
Cyber-Insurance Premiums Surged by Up to 30% in 2020
GAO report warns of lower coverage limits for some verticals
GDPR Anniversary: Security Leaders More Concerned About Litigation Than Fines
90% of security leaders are concerned about data breach litigation because of GDPR
Only Two-Fifths of UK Firms Report Data Breaches On Time
On third GDPR anniversary, widespread confusion still reigns
FBI Employee Indicted Over Illegal Document Removal
Intelligence analyst allegedly took secret national security documents home for more than a decade
Cybersecurity Lecturer Wins Lloyd’s Science of Risk Prize
University of Plymouth lecturer scoops prize for work on maritime cybersecurity research
Michigan Man Admits Selling UPMC Employee Data
"TheDearthStar" hacker confesses to stealing and selling PII of more than 65,000 medical center employees
Amex Fined After Sending Over Four Million Spam Emails
ICO claims customers did not consent to receiving marketing messages
Air India: Supplier Breach Hit 4.5 Million Passengers
Fallout from the SITA incident in March continues
Insurance Giant Reportedly Paid $40 Million Ransom
CNA Financial was struck in March this year
iC3 Logs Six Millionth Complaint
FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center passes complaint milestone
Telemarketing Fraudster Jailed for 10 Years
Scammer partnered with Peruvian call centers to extort $3.5m from Spanish-speaking US residents
