IT Governance’s research found the following for December 2023: Both these figures are a significant increase on what we found for November 2023: 470 incidents and 519,111,354 records – 187% and 332% increases respectively. This is in spite of a drop in supply chain attacks: 160 incidents (12%) originated from the supply chain this month. In November 2023, this was 227 incidents (48%). Why such a steep increase? This month, we have found several ‘group’ incidents. For instance, a two-month Europol action (revealed to the public on 22 December) discovered that 443 organisations had suffered data breaches – specifically, their

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Welcome to our 2023 data breaches and cyber attacks page, where you can find an overview of the year’s year’s top security incidents, as well as links to individual blogs about each month’s security news. Use the links in the ‘On this page‘ section below to navigate. We will publish our 2024 page at the beginning of February, once we have logged January’s incidents. Meanwhile, you can subscribe to our free weekly newsletter, the Security Spotlight, to get the latest cyber security news and advice – including links to our Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy blog series –

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How networks have evolved and how to secure them Adam Seamons is the information security manager of GRC International Group PLC, after more than 15 years’ experience working as a systems engineer and in technical support. Adam also holds CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional) and SSCP (Systems Security Certified Practitioner) certifications. We sat down to chat to him. What trends in network security have you noticed recently? One of the big impacts to networks has come from the changes in technology, particularly in terms of the Cloud. Networks have moved from self-contained, on-site setups to multiple Cloud services that

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