Data Security

Such an acquisition would facilitate the integration of Normalyze's DSPM technology into Proofpoint's cybersecurity platform, which would bolster sensitive data discovery and classification, risk evaluations and prioritization, and security and compliance issue remediation efforts.

Milan-based private investigations firm Equalize led by former top cop Carmine Gallo was reportedly behind the years-long hacking campaign, which was facilitated by bribes to police officers, remote access trojan compromise, and the breach of the Italian Interior Ministry computer system's maintenance personnel.

IBM Guardium AI Security focuses on detecting vulnerabilities in both official and unapproved AI installations, known as shadow AI, which allows employees to use unauthorized AI models, potentially exposing sensitive data.

Immediate action has been taken to protect Free's information systems following the incident, which has not affected operations nor compromised customer credentials, communications content, and banking information, according to a spokesperson.

Investigation into the incident, which concluded in early September, revealed the breach of individuals' names, Social Security numbers, government IDs, health insurance details, financial account information, and medical treatment data, according to county officials.

At least 15 public Threads accounts with over 12,000 followers have been leveraged to post exfiltrated personal and financial details, including full names, birthdates, Social Security numbers, home and IP addresses, email addresses and passwords, full and partial credit card digits, CVV security codes, and expiry dates, and PINs and Bank Identification Numbers.

Aside from containing staff details, such as names, job roles, and salary and tax information, documents in the unsecured database also exposed the organization's financial details and organizational information, as well as details from victims of gender-based violence, including names, email addresses, and personal recollections.

Such disclosure of the attack to the Office of the Maine Attorney General comes more than a year after Henry Schein was breached twice by ALPHV/BlackCat, which initially admitted to have stolen 35 TB of files from the firm in Oct. 2023 before claiming another attack nearly a month later before eventually exposing some of the stolen data.