Data breach stories
Hospitals, banks and other essential services face rising disruption as attackers exploit cloud blind spots and lean security teams.
Banks and public services face rising disruption as attackers eye energy and water networks, with millions already lost to cyber incidents.
Privacy Commissioner issues compliance notice to Reserve Bank of New Zealand for breaching Privacy Act after cyber attack on third-party file sharing service.
Poorly configured remote access systems are leaving Kiwi businesses exposed, with CERT NZ warning ransomware reports hit a quarterly high.
District health boards in New Zealand refuse to release reviews of their cyber security systems, following a ransomware attack on the Waikato DHB.
Patients and staff faced disrupted clinical services after hackers crippled Waikato DHB’s systems in a ransomware attack.
Contractors may need tighter privacy policies as new rules on sign-in sheets, breaches and offshore data transfers raise compliance risks.
Cybersecurity expert warns Kiwis of the increasing use of personal information for offline exploitation by hackers.
Cohesity CISO Brian Spanswick discusses the rise of ransomware in the last two years and how the worlds of compliance and data management are colliding.
8 million police files were deleted in Dallas, Texas earlier this year, impacting 175,000 criminal court cases. How did this happen?.
Increased volume of data breaches and more avenues for cybercriminals to monetise data has led to increased activity surrounding stolen data on the dark web.
A data breach of the Lower Hutt retailer's systems may have compromised customers' personal and credit card information.
Privacy Commissioner John Edwards named preferred candidate for UK Information Commissioner, pending UK Parliament's decision.
Proofpoint and the Ponemon Institute reveal that the cost of phishing attacks has almost quadrupled, with US companies losing an average of $14.8m annually.
The ability to correlate individual events/alerts over time into an attack 'storyline' can help mitigate major cloud security blind spots.
LinkedIn faces second data leak in two months, with 700 million user records posted online. Data includes usernames, job titles, emails, and more.
Protecting customer personal information is the top priority for enterprises, yet the rate of encrypting customer data remains low, according to new research.
Half of consumers would abandon an online service provider after a data breach, while 63% fear their data being sold to a third party, according to Kaspersky.
IT directors are destroying end of life tech hardware as opposed to erasing its data out of fear of making a mistake and facing data breaches.
In total there were 546 reported incidents of potential data breaches in the most recent financial year, up from 463 in the previous year (2018/19).
