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Breaches R Them

Posted on May 22, 2020May 28, 2020

Tons of breaches recently. Apparently, some people on lockdown have been getting busy, as predicted:

A massive database of 8 billion Thai internet records leaks

25 million user records leak online from popular math app Mathway

Wishbone Breach: 40 Million Records Leaked

Home Chef announces data breach after hacker sells 8M user records

British airline easyJet breached, data of 9 million customers compromised

Information of Over 115 Million Pakistani Mobile Subscribers Exposed in a Massive Data Leak

Ransomware attack impacts Texas Department of Transportation

Texas Courts hit by ransomware, network disabled to limit spread

… just a few of the major data breaches and ransomware attacks which were reported in the last week!

And this shouldn’t really surprise you:  86% of data breaches are conducted for financial gain https://www.techrepublic.com/article/86-of-data-breaches-are-conducted-for-financial-gain/

 

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