MGM Data Breach Might Be Much Larger Than Thought The MGM Resorts data breach of 2019 was reported at the time to be in the order of 10.6 million personal records. That’s impressive, for all the wrong reasons. It is now believed to have included personal data of more than 142 million MGM hotel guests. That’s staggering—and still not in a good way. The new figures are based on the amount of breached data that is being sold on the Dark Web.
2020 Is Shaping Up - Badly Six months in and 2020 is on track to set a new data breach record. Healthcare, technology, software, social media and more have all been targeted by cybercriminals, reaping about 16 billion personal records. What’s Going On? It’s partly due to the coronavirus pandemic which gave cybercriminals new ways to mask threats. Phishing scams and social engineering were the most common threats. Online dating Online dating apps always seem to be built with security as an after thought, nothing like the security by design principle we’re all supposed to be adopting.
15 Billion Stolen Credentials on the Dark Web A new study suggests that the number of stolen credentials for sale on the Dark Web could be more than 15 billion, with usernames, passwords and other login information for everything from online bank accounts to music and video streaming services are available. The data comes from hundreds of thousands of data breaches. As you’d expect, the most expensive credentials for sale were those for bank and financial services like PayPal, with an average price of £59.
Usual Suspects, Usual Dirty Tricks The World Health Organization was subjected to a phishing attack in March by unknown attackers who tried to access its digital systems. In April, Iran-linked hackers launched phishing attacks against Gilead Sciences, which has been working to develop treatments for Covid-19. In the US, many states have rushed to address rampant unemployment fraud—coming from overseas. The Chinese government increased the country’s invasive digital surveillance and hacking against the Uighur ethnic minority.
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