08.28.2019

The Weekly Five

By Emily Short

First of its kind settlement related to cybersecurity misrepresentations – shows the government is serious about cybersecurity standards and rules

https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/software-provider-and-doj-reach-8-6m-18301/

 

Good information on breach response, and 5 steps companies can follow for implementing an incident response plan

https://www.financierworldwide.com/hope-for-the-best-plan-for-the-worst#.XV6ENJNKjPA

 

4 billion (with a B) records have been exposed so far in 2019 – an increase of more than 50% compared to 2018 (and this report only tracked publicly disclosed breaches, which means the number is actually much higher)

https://www.scmagazine.com/home/security-news/data-breach/first-half-2019-sees-4000-data-breaches-exposing-4b-records/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=SCUS_Newswire_20190820&hmSubId=&email_hash=147fcc4514af14845fa08919e06b729c&mpweb=1325-9770-2118926

 

Ransomware continues to hit state and local governments with a coordinated attack against 23 Texas towns – white paper on this topic coming soon!

https://www.darkreading.com/attacks-breaches/towns-across-texas-hit-in-coordinated-ransomware-attack/d/d-id/1335567?_mc=NL_DR_EDT_DR_daily_20190820&cid=NL_DR_EDT_DR_daily_20190820&elq_mid=92519&elq_cid=29639118

 

MoviePass, an already struggling movie subscription company, leaves personal data exposed.  It will be interesting to see if this recent incident leads to long term decline

https://www.darkreading.com/cloud/moviepass-leaves-credit-card-numbers-personal-data-exposed-online/d/d-id/1335594?_mc=NL_DR_EDT_DR_daily_20190822&cid=NL_DR_EDT_DR_daily_20190822&elq_mid=92570&elq_cid=29639118