- A real-life Russian hacker collective linked to a reported ransomware attack on GPS tracking firm Garmin in July that should have set alarm bells ringing in every corporate boardroom.
- Garmin confirmed it had been the victim of a cyberattack that caused a days-long outage in late July, during which users worldwide were unable to upload their fitness data from the company’s sports devices. Garmin reportedly paid a sizable ransom to get its data back.
- If reading about Garmin gave you a sense of anxiety about hidden legal and reputational risks to your own company, you’re probably right to be concerned.
- Too often, CEOs don’t get to see and react to these threats until they’ve already become a crisis—a hack or even a corruption issue coming to light in a far-flung market.
Chief Executive - Allan Matheson | September 14, 2020
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- The breach involved an online application that appeared to handle medical payments of some kind.
- Based on a preliminary review from VA’s Privacy Office, unauthorized users gained access to the application and changed financial information to divert payments from the department to community care health providers “using social engineering techniques and exploiting authentication protocols.”
- Veterans will receive more information by mail, which will include instructions on the steps they can take to protect their personal data.
- Veterans who don’t receive any alert from the department were not impacted by the recent data breach, VA said.
- Nicole Ogrysko | September 14, 2020
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- A massive database of 2.4 million people, including 35,000 Aussies, has been leaked from the Shenzhen company Zhenhua Data.
- The Chinese company, which is believed to have been used by China’s Ministry of State Security intelligence service, has been building up an entire database of highly detailed personal information on thousands of Aussies.
- There are exactly 35,558 Aussies on the database, with information on current and former prime ministers, important members of parliament, and quite a few billionaires.
- Michael Di Iorio | September 14, 2020
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- The Covid-19 pandemic has changed working practices, perhaps indefinitely. Remote work is now a common part of the workplace.
- Cyberattacks can spread at nine times the rate of Covid-19.
- Since February 2020, there has been a 600% increase in phishing. 67% of businesses have experienced an IoT security incident. 55% of organizations plan to increase IT/OT alignment.
- Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead | September 14, 2020
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- Passwords, by definition, are secrets. We use them to identify ourselves to systems and gain authorized access to places that other people are denied access to.
- Up to 74 per cent of parents control their children’s passwords. In other words, parents exercise more than just the right to inspect the child’s assets: they reserve the right to impersonate their child.
- By taking control over the key elements of children’s identity at a formative time in their development, adults run the risk of impacting the fragile mechanisms their children need to begin understanding abstract concepts such as the right to privacy.
- When account access is shared, so is accountability. When schools set up student accounts, they use tools like Google’s G Suite, Classroom and Microsoft Active Directory that enable them to control dangerously large numbers of identities. In the event of data breaches, it may come as a surprise to administrators to discover that accountability practically always falls onto school boards and districts.
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- Please watch...it doesn't matter if you're a fan of Letterman or Leno. Just watch. 🇺🇸
David Letterman's monologue - September 17, 2001
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