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      With Election Cybersecurity Experts in Short Supply, Some States Call in the National Guard

      2020-09-10

      NBC: Warren County in North Carolina has only three full-time staff members, and none of them are computer specialists. That could matter in a year in which foreign governments are eyeing ways to disrupt the November election.

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      Advisers Warned of Fake FCA Covid Survey

      2020-09-08

      Financial Times: Advisers have been warned of a scam email purporting to be from the regulator, asking them to complete a survey on its conduct rules and the effect coronavirus is having on their business.

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      Radware Cyber Security Alert - Global Ransom DDoS Campaign Targeting Finance, Travel and e-commerce

      2020-09-03

      PRWire: Radware is following a global ransom DDoS campaign targeting organisations in the finance, travel and e-commerce verticals. Additionally multiple internet service providers have been reporting DDoS attacks targeting their DNS infrastructure.

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      CRA's Handling of COVID-19 Benefit Cyberattacks 'Reprehensible,' Alleges Proposed Class-action Lawsuit

      2020-08-31

      CBC: The lawsuit alleges that a series of "failings" by the government and the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) allowed at least three cyberattacks between mid-March and mid-August, but the public wasn't alerted until CBC News broke the story on Aug. 15.

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      Brookfield Residential Admits Suffering a Data Security Incident

      2020-04-24

      IT World Canada: Brookfield Residential Properties, a wholly-owned division of Brookfield Asset Management (BAM), which owns or invests in $540 billion in real estate, energy and infrastructure companies in 30 countries, said late Monday that it was victimized by an unspecified cyberattack.

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      CRA Shuts Down Online Services After Thousands of Accounts Breached in Cyberattacks

      2020-08-15

      CBC: The Canada Revenue Agency has temporarily shut down its online services after the agency confirmed it was recently hit by two cyberattacks that compromised thousands of accounts linked to its services.

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      Trading Firm Virtu Sues Insurer Over $6.9m Scam Loss

      2020-08-12

      Finextra: In court filings unearthed by BankInfoSecurity, Virtu says that its systems were hacked in May, giving the crooks access to the email account of an executive.

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      Capital One to Pay $80 Million Fine After Data Breach

      2020-08-06

      Yahoo News: Capital One Financial Corp <COF.N> will pay an $80 million penalty to a U.S. bank regulator after the bank suffered a massive data breach one year ago.

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      Garmin Hack’s $10M Ransom Payment, $10M Tax Deduction

      2020-07-27

      Forbes: Yet again, there has been a major cyber attack, this time of Garmin, the navigation company. It was hit by a ransomware attack on Thursday, leaving customers to wonder whether Garmin will pay $10 Million in ransom. In the case of some hacks, people and companies pay, since the cost of being frozen out can just be too big.

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      U.S. Offers $2 Million Reward In Global Search For Ukrainians Accused Of Hacking SEC Database

      2020-07-22

      Radio Free Europe: Artem Radchenko, 28, and Oleksandr Ieremenko, 28, acquired inside information on publicly traded companies by stealing test versions of quarterly and annual reports filed with the SEC but not yet available to investors, the Secret Servicesaid in a statement on July 22.

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