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The seven most colossal data breaches of 2017

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2017 16:00:00 +0000

This year saw a handful of spectacularly bad security fails that resulted in massive sets of compromised data. Here are the most colossal data breaches of 2017.

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IndependentKrebs

Hacked Password Service Leakbase Goes Dark

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Mon, 04 Dec 2017 05:39:53 +0000

Leakbase, a Web site that indexed and sold access to billions of usernames and passwords stolen in some of the world largest data breaches, has closed up shop. A source close to the matter says the service was taken down in a law enforcement sting that may be tied to the Dutch police raid of the Hansa dark web market earlier this year.

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Fertility patient data breach fine would have been much higher under GDPR

Credit to Author: John Bryan CIPP/E| Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2017 14:35:17 +0000

What happened at Lister Hospital serves as an example to all businesses as how easy it is to fall foul of the new data privacy legislations.<img alt=”” border=”0″ src=”https://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=news.sophos.com&#038;blog=834173&#038;post=33331&#038;subd=sophos&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1″ width=”1″ height=”1″ /><img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/oNd7hMLrB5o” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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