Category: Industry News
News and information from the Advent IM team.
World’s largest companies at near-universal risk of supply chain breach
- by Anthony Orjally
- Industry News
Data from SecurityScorecard once again focuses on the interconnected nature of business supply chains and the risk posed to operational resilience by unexpected IT problems and cyber threats. Read Here.
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CrowdStrike sued by shareholders over global outage
- by Anthony Orjally
- Industry News
CrowdStrike is being sued by its shareholders after a faulty software update by the cybersecurity firm crashed more than eight million computers and caused chaos around the world. Read Here.
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Paris Olympic Games at risk of cyber-attacks
- by Anthony Orjally
- Industry News
Among the risks posed to the Olympics include cybercrime, state sponsored threat actors and hacktivism and disruption, as well as physical threats such as terrorism and civil unrest and protests. Read Here.
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School admits serious data breach after details of pupil’s suspension are emailed to parents
- by Anthony Orjally
- Industry News
A Trafford school has admitted a serious data breach after an email meant for a parent of a child who had been suspended was sent to scores of other parents by mistake. Read Here.
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CrowdStrike shares hit again as IT disruption continues
- by Anthony Orjally
- Industry News
Shares in cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike have plunged more than 13% as the company reckons with the aftermath of causing a global IT outage. Read Here.
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EU financial supervisors progress plan to boost cyber-incident co-ordination
- by Anthony Orjally
- Industry News
European Union (EU) financial supervisory authorities have published an update on plans to bolster their co-ordination during ‘systemic’ cyber incidents. Read Here.
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Teenager nabbed in the UK in connection with ransomware attacks against US firms
- by Anthony Orjally
- Industry News
West Midlands Police has announced that it has arrested a 17-year-old boy from Walsall in the West Midlands, UK, in connection with an online cybercrime group that has been targeting US firms with ransomware attacks and gaining access to computer networks. Read Here.
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Crowdstrike security update fails Windows PCs globally
- by Anthony Orjally
- Industry News
An update to the security firm’s Falcon service has led to many Windows users being unable to work this morning. Microsoft 365 is also affected. Read Here.
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London council slammed for ‘severe’ data breach in ‘avoidable’ cyber attack
- by Anthony Orjally
- Industry News
Britain’s data watchdog has lambasted London’s Hackney Council for a cyber attack that “severely” impacted residents, saying the breach was “a clear and avoidable error.” Read Here.
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Rite Aid: Breach Affects 2.2 Million Users
- by Anthony Orjally
- Industry News
Rite Aid says a recent data breach affects 2.2 million users — far fewer than the 45 million claimed by the ransomware group allegedly behind the attack. Read Here.
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