Security "Bits"

Here are the top security stories from recent weeks. 

• McDonald’s Hit by Data Breach Exposing Customer Information in South Korea and Taiwan Markets
• Children’s Apparel Giant Carter’s Exposes 410K Customer Records
• Hackers Steal EA’s FIFA 21 Source Code After Breach
• Ransomware Hits Foodservice Supplier Edward Don, Affects Business Operations
• Dept. of Justice Recovers $2.3 Million of Colonial Pipeline Ransomware Payment

Here are the top stories of recent weeks:

• Major Provider of Network Security Discloses Breach
• Scammers impersonate FBI agents in breach
• Data breach of passports and IDs via Azure blob storage leak 
• San Francisco based car insurance startup discloses a security breach 
• Children’s health insurance provider traced a data breach to its web hosting platform

Here are the top stories of recent weeks:

• Capitol Hill Rioters Compromise Congressional Computers
• COVID-19 lab test reports leaked by Indian government sites
• Vodafone's Mobile data breach affects 2.5 million users 
• Hacker posts 10,000 American Express accounts online
• T-Mobile ends 2020 by announcing its second data breach of the year

While it is self-evident that the world wide web is an indispensable asset for businesses around the globe, it is equally obvious that securing its use is of utmost importance. The internet is an open ocean filled with threats lying just below the surface. Malware can be downloaded from a virtually infinite number of destinations and subsequently spread throughout an enterprise's IT ecosystem. For organizations that aren't prepared to defend against these threats on the web, breaches are sure to follow. Fortunately, Bitglass is a puncture-proof vessel built to stop threats on this open ocean.