Data Breaches and Cyber Attacks in the USA in April 2024 - 4,277,728,098 Records Breached
In this week’s edition of Security Spotlight from IT Governance USA, we look at data breaches and cyber attacks in April – with 4,277,728,098 records breached in 282 publicly disclosed security incidents. In the latest industry news, a threat actor claims to have stolen 49 million Dell customer records and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is alerting thousands of filers whose private addresses were exposed following a second data spill. Also, this week we look at our new Anti-Bribery Staff Awareness Elearning Course which covers the background of anti-bribery law and introduces ISO 37001:2016, the anti-bribery standard.
Data Breaches and Cyber Attacks in the USA in April 2024 - 4,277,728,098 Records Breached
IT Governance USA’s research found the following for April 2024:
282 publicly disclosed security incidents (43% of all incidents globally)
4,277,728,098 records known to be breached This month, as is often the case, we’ve found the USA to suffer more publicly disclosed incidents than any other country in the world. For instance, in March, the USA suffered 33% of all incidents, and in February, 45%.
An Extra 381,000 New York City Students' Data Breached From 2022 Incident - IT Governance USA Blog
This brings the total to more than 1.2 million people’s data breached. Welcome to this week’s round-up of the biggest and most interesting news stories in the USA. Publicly disclosed data breaches and cyber attacks: in the spotlight
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Threat actor says he scraped 49M Dell customer addresses before the company found out | TechCrunch
The person who claims to have 49 million Dell customer records told TechCrunch that he brute-forced an online company portal and scraped customer data, including physical addresses, directly from Dell’s servers. Continue?reading??
US Patent and Trademark Office confirms another leak of filers' address data | TechCrunch
The federal government agency responsible for granting patents and trademarks is alerting thousands of filers whose private addresses were exposed following a second data spill in as many years. Continue?reading??
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