Identifier Management - Video of the Week

New Known Breaches in the Past Week

Unsecured Server Exposed Records Containing Sensitive Personal Data and Case Notes From Cook County Court

On September 26, 2020, researchers discovered an unsecured Elasticsearch server exposing more than 323,277 Cook County court related records containing highly sensitive personal data. Cook County, Illinois, is the second most populous county in the U.S., with a population in excess of 5 million people. By Kevin Townsend I January 25, 2021

Bonobos Suffers Huge Data Breach

Men's clothing store Bonobos has suffered a massive data breach exposing millions of customers' personal information. By Jamie Grill-Goodman I January 26, 2021

San Francisco Law Firm Investigating PupBox Data Breach

A San Francisco law firm has launched an investigation into a data breach that took place at a subsidiary of Petco Health and Wellness Company. By Sarah Coble I January 25, 2021

8+ million Teespring user records leaked on hacker forum

A user on a popular hacker forum has leaked an archive containing user and creator data allegedly exfiltrated from Teespring, an e-commerce platform that allows people to design, market, and sell custom (and often controversial) apparel. By Edvardas Mikalauskas I January 25, 2021

Regulations, Frameworks, and Controls

Can the SolarWinds incident spur more action, less talk about supply chain security?

Jon Boyens, the deputy chief of Computer Security Division at the National Institute of Science and Technology, said a 2018 report by the Ponemon Institute found 66% of companies do not have a comprehensive third-party inventory. The 2019 Ponemon report found the average cost of a supply chain attack was $7.5 million and more than 50% of all respondents reported a breach in the two years. By Jason Miller I January 25, 2021

NIST Shares Risk-Based Guide to Information Exchange Security

Newly proposed NIST guidance tackles the use of information exchange channels, providing insights on risk-based considerations to protect and manage shared information. By Jessica Davis I January 27, 2021