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It’s all in the (lack of) details: 2022’s badly handled data breaches



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Data breaches can be extremely harmful to organizations of all shapes and sizes — but it’s how these companies react to the incident that can deal their final blow. While we’ve seen some excellent examples of how companies should respond to data breaches over the past year — kudos to Red Cross and Amnesty for their transparency — 2022 has been a year-long lesson in how not to respond to a data breach.
Here is a look back at this year’s badly handled data breaches.
Nvidia
Chipmaker giant Nvidia confirmed it was investigating a so-called “cyber incident” in February, which it later confirmed was a data extortion event. The company refused to say much else about the incident, and, when pressed by TechCrunch, declined to say how it was compromised, what data was stolen, or how many customers or employees were impacted.
While Nvidia stayed tight-lipped, the now-notorious Lapsus$ gang quickly took responsibility for the br …

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