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Hackers Leak Data Stolen From Jet Maker Bombardier

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Feb

2021

In a Thursday statement, the jet maker revealed that an unauthorized party was able to access and steal data by exploiting a vulnerability in “a third-party file-transfer application.” While the company did not say which third-party software was compromised, the general characteristics of the incident suggest it was Accellion’s FTA service. A 20-year-old file sharing […]

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Japan Suffered Record Number of Privacy and Security Violations in 2020

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Feb

2021

88 publicly traded companies in Japan compromised personal information last year, either because of a malware infection or misconfigured access protocols. As many as 30% of the incidents occurred simply because someone sent an email by mistake. Credit reporting agency Tokyo Shoko Research (TSR), which compiled the data, says the number is the highest since […]

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Data Breach at DMV Contractor Exposes Vehicle Registration Data of Millions of Californians

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Feb

2021

The California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) is investigating a data breach at an address verification company that may have compromised vehicle registration information of millions of Californians. Yesterday, the DMV started notifying vehicle owners that their registration records may have been exposed in a ransomware attack at the Automatic Funds Transfer Services (AFTS), a […]

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