Cybersafety Sentinel May 2023 Week 4 | Informatica
Weekly Insights from Cybersafety Sentinel
Stay updated with Informatica’s Cybersafety Sentinel’s May 2023 Week 4 edition. This week, we explore critical topics such as AI scams targeting seniors, Meta’s privacy fine, and the Chinese hackers targeting U.S. infrastructure. Gain expert strategies to enhance your cybersecurity measures and protect your digital assets.
Featured Cybersafety Sentinel Posts
Check out our featured posts below for the latest insights from Cybersafety Sentinel.
Claudiu’s Top Post
Canada’s largest energy company said it “believes” the information it lost to hackers was limited to customers’ names and the #information they “may have provided” since joining the program. Ah, the power of belief! Well, let’s just have a look, shall we? A quick search reveals that the Petro-Points program is one of the most popular marketing campaigns in #Canada, with over 3 million enrolled customers. That’s over 3M potential victims, until further notice. Read More
AI Scams Targeting Seniors
Members of Congress are working to find out more about artificial intelligence scams targeting older Americans as the technology continues to evolve. Earlier this month, a Senate committee held a hearing about artificial intelligence and pointed to concerns about the unknowns surrounding AI and the potential harms. Read More
Waterloo Researchers Unmask Hacker
Joe Stewart and Keegan Keplinger are cybersecurity researchers at eSentire who spent months tracking down one of the most effective hackers on the Dark Web. The Romanian hacker does not post a lot on social media, but his family and friends did.
Meta Faces $1.3B Euro Privacy Fine
The penalty of 1.2 billion euros is the biggest since the EU’s strict data privacy regime took effect five years ago, surpassing Amazon’s 746 million euro fine in 2021 for data protection violations. That included the disclosure that Facebook gave the agencies access to the personal data of Europeans. Read More
Chinese Hackers Targeted Infrastructure
State-sponsored hackers from China have been targeting U.S. critical infrastructure, cybersecurity officials from around the world — including Canada — warned Wednesday in a co-ordinated effort to root out the perpetrators. The discovery of what the NSA described as indicators of compromise was first made by Microsoft and attributed to Volt Typhoon, a Chinese state actor that the company said has been active since mid-2021. Read More
Canadian Nurses Association Cyber Attack
The Canadian Nurses Association says it has suffered a cybersecurity incident, but isn’t commenting on a report that the attack was ransomware. The CNA represents 460,000 nurses in all categories — registered, nurse practitioners, licensed and registered practical nurses, and registered psychiatric nurses — across the country. Read More