The 2024 annual report of the Data Protection Commission Ireland is available.

https://www.dataprotection.ie/sites/default/files/uploads/2025-06/DPC_Annual_Report_EN_Low_Res.pdf

In 2024, the DPC received 7,781 valid data breaches.

This represented an eleven per cent 11% increase (794) on the overall data breach numbers received by the DPC in 2023.

Of the notifications received, 7,346 were GDPR notifications and, of those:

• 3,958 related to the private sector;
• 3,137 to the public sector; and
• 251 came from the voluntary and charity sector.

#databreaches #breaches #DPC #dataprotection #privacy

Via #LLRX - @psuPete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, June 15, 2025. https://www.llrx.com/2025/06/pete-recommends-weekly-highlights-on-cyber-security-issues-june-15-2025/
Four highlights from this week: Protect Yourself #Online; Study: #OpenAI Has Been #Breached More Than 1000 Times; #Feds warn: Hang up on #phone #scammers pretending to be #borderpatrol agents; and #Cybercriminals Are Hiding #Malicious #Web Traffic in Plain Sight. #cybercrime #cybersecurity #breaches #internet #malicious

When the AP uses "impact" as a verb you know something's up.

Aflac duck in the news.

"Cyberattacks against companies have been rampant for years, but a string of attacks on retail companies have raised awareness of the issue because the breaches can impact customers."
https://apnews.com/article/aflac-cyberattack-breach-victorias-secret-ssn-fac4b3b978c616d82c575080853f095f

#ComputerSecurity #breaches #impact #newswriting

When I read (in the news) about breaches or other types of cyber incidents one of the first things I often try to do is find the source of the alleged event.

I've now automated this as a new and upcoming feature of the Espresso feed configuration. You will soon be able to choose that a feed could be configured to populate with such events.

For each event you will get the following information (for now):

Affected entity: Organization ABC Inc.
Identified source: 8-K filing, Pressrelease etc.
Breach type: Ransomware, Data Breach etc.
Source Reporting: News Source

Hopefully I can finish this feature this weekend and push to PROD soon enough.

#Cybersecurity #Breaches #News

#Chinese Hacked US #Telecom a Year Before Known Wireless #Breaches - Slashdot
#china #security #privacy

https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/06/05/0023243/chinese-hacked-us-telecom-a-year-before-known-wireless-breaches?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

#Coinbase faces #lawsuit over alleged #breaches of #Illinois #biometric #privacylaw

https://cointelegraph.com/news/coinbase-sued-alleged-breaches-illinois-biometric-privacy-law

In light of recent #data #breaches at two major retailers, the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has published some guidance on what you can and should do. #hacked #databreach #cybersecurity #staysafe

https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/guidance/data-breaches

License Plate Reader Company #Flock Is Building a Massive People Lookup Tool, #Leak Shows

Flock, the #ALPR company whose cameras are installed in more than 5,000 communities in the US is building a product that will use people lookup tools, #DataBrokers , & data #breaches to “jump from #LPR [license plate reader] to person,” allowing police to much more easily ID & #track the movements of specific people around the country without a #warrant or court order
#privacy

https://www.404media.co/license-plate-reader-company-flock-is-building-a-massive-people-lookup-tool-leak-shows/

Are security incidents becoming more common? That's the first question we seek to answer in the upcoming 2025 Information Risk Insights Study. Check out this article for a preview. #breaches #incident #cyberrisk

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/security-incidents-becoming-more-common-wade-baker-ph-d--navhe

Inside the Breach: What the 2025 Verizon DBIR Warns About Our Failing Cyber Defenses
https://youtu.be/7xmFp-R2l0w #cybersecurity #VerizonDBIR #breaches #malware #nationstate #ransomware #spies #GenAI

#World #Password #Day 2025 emphasizes the shift to a #passwordless #future.

#Passwords are weak, with 60% of #breaches due to human #error.

Organizations face challenges like #legacy #systems and #user #resistance.

A phased approach is crucial for #secure #credential #storage and minimizing user involvement.

The #transition to passwordless must accelerate for better #security.

@1password

https://blog.1password.com/why-the-future-is-passwordless-but-not-password-free/

#Technology #Tech #TechNews #WorldPasswordDay #Cybersecurity

You'll Soon Be Able to Sign in to Have I Been Pwned (but Not Login, Log in or Log On) | by Troy Hunt. www.troyhunt.com/youll-soon-b... #security #passwords #data #hacks #breaches #haveibeenpwnd

You'll Soon Be Able to Sign in...

You'll Soon Be Able to Sign in to Have I Been Pwned (but Not Login, Log in or Log On) | by Troy Hunt.

https://www.troyhunt.com/youll-soon-be-able-to-sign-in-to-have-i-been-pwned-but-not-login-log-in-or-log-on/

#security #passwords #data #hacks #breaches #haveibeenpwnd

Looked like MailChimp ... let Troy Hunt's over-riding give us pause next time: ‘does over-riding the password manager really make sense?’ [1 hr. video] https://bryl.link/13f #haveibeenpwned #security #breaches

In an age where data breaches and cyberattacks are common, cybersecurity should be a top priority for every individual and organization. Yet, many security measures are often so complex or inconvenient that they become a barrier rather than a solution. Users often struggle with security...

https://medium.com/design-bootcamp/security-through-simplicity-2d57a143e6a4

#designbootcamp #breaches #cyberattacks #cybersecurity #should #priority

Cybersecurity has long carried a cultural archetype: the lone genius. The hoodie-wearing prodigy, the late-night coder who solves breaches in a single bound, the elite hacker who knows what no one else does. But this myth, while cinematic, is not only inaccurate — it’s harmful. This post...

https://medium.com/readers-club/the-myth-of-the-lone-genius-in-cybersecurity-d308183c3ca7

#readersclub #cybersecurity #carried #cultural #solves #breaches