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Comcast and Truist Bank customers caught up in FBCS data breach
Comcast Cable Communications and Truist Bank have disclosed they were impacted by a data breach at FBCS, and are now informing their respective customers that their data has been compromised. The case concerns a data breach at Financial Business and Consumer Solutions (FBCS), a debt collection agency in the U.S. that partners with various companies to collect unpaid debts on…
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Regulatory fines could be the tip of the iceberg for enterprises as data breach lawsuits expected to surge in 2025
The associated costs of data breaches are set to diversify according to Forrester, with the analyst firm predicting that fines won’t be the only financial consideration in the wake of a cybersecurity incident in 2025. Dubbed ‘Predictions 2025: Cybersecurity, Risk, And Privacy,’ Forrester’s report suggested breach-related class action costs will surpass the cost of regulatory fines by 50% in the…
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Microsoft’s Three Mile Island deal is a big step toward matching data center energy demands, but it’s not alone — AWS, Oracle, and now Google are all hot for nuclear power
Microsoft has signed a 20-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with energy provider Constellation in a move that will power data centers with nuclear energy. Under the agreement, Microsoft will buy energy from a newly reopened plant as part of its wider goal to match the power use of its data centers in Pennsylvania-Jersey-Maryland (PJM) with carbon-free energy. The partnership will…
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FBCS debt collector data breach of 5 million+ records caused by ransomware attack, Comcast says
Financial Business and Consumer Solutions was the victim of a ransomware attack that compromised the personal data of more than 5 million people, according to a data breach notice sent to Comcast customers this week. FBCS previously labelled the attack as a general data breach and notified 1.9 million people in April 2024. The breach also affected customers of two…
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How CISOs are navigating the “slippery” AI data protection problem
Security leaders are concerned about their employees feeding sensitive internal company data into generative AI tools, but don’t know how they can address the challenge. On stage at Venafi’s 2024 Machine Identity Summit in Boston Jeff Hudson, CEO emeritus at Venafi cited a recent study in which 39% of respondents said they had used personal AI systems on company confidential…
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Kao Data kicks off construction of new Stockport data center
Kao Data has broken ground on its new £350 million data center in Stockport, Greater Manchester, its fourth in the UK. The demolition of the existing buildings on the ex-industrial site has now begun, with the new data center expected to come into operation by 2026. The 25,900 sqm, 40MW facility is set to be the largest in the North…
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‘State actor’ likely behind recent data breach
The national Dutch police (Politie) says that a state actor was likely behind the data breach it detected last week. The attack compromised police office contact details, names, email addresses, phone numbers, and in some cases, private details. According to the original report, the attacker had hacked a police account and stole work-related contact details of multiple officers. The investigation…
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Headhunting firm Find Great People notifies 12K people of data breach that compromised SSNs
Headhunting firm Find Great People this week confirmed it notified 12,205 people about a July 2024 data breach that compromised names, Social Security numbers, driver’s license numbers, passports, dates of birth, and addresses. Ransomware gang Akira claimed responsibility for the attack on July 31, 2024, saying it stole 32 GB of data including confidentiality agreements, client data, and employment documents.…
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NetApp lands its ‘intelligent data infrastructure’ rebrand at Insight 2024
NetApp Insight 2024 picked up where the company left off in 2023, recommitting itself to building a bridge between AI platforms and enterprise data, hammering its new mantle as the intelligent data infrastructure firm. George Kurian, CEO at NetApp, was emphatic about this promise during his opening keynote presentation, stating that with NetApp businesses will have the best data architecture…
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Central Securities notifies stockholders of data breach that leaked SSNs; ransomware gang claims responsibility
Central Securities Corporation this week confirmed it notified an undisclosed number of people about an April 2024 data breach that compromised names, Social Security numbers, stockholder account numbers, and addresses. Ransomware group Underground claimed responsibility for the attack on June 10, 2024, saying it stole 42.8 GB of data. Third-parties report the ransom demand was $3 million. CSC has not…
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