No clear link between recent data breaches; incidents appear to be result of 'opportunistic attacks': PDPC
Verified: 2 outlets have reported this story since Nov 13.
The Personal Data Protection Commission advised organisations to regularly check and patch vulnerabilities, protect access and credentials, and encrypt or store sensitive data offline.
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- Nov 13, 9:44 AM UTCFirst report· you’re reading thisNo clear link between recent data breaches; incidents appear to be result of 'opportunistic attacks': PDPCchannelnewsasia.com ↗
- Verified: a second independent outlet reported itNov 13, 11:52 AM UTC · +2 h
- Nov 13, 11:58 AM UTC+2 hRecent cyber incidents a result of opportunistic attacks exploiting common vulnerabilities: PDPCasiaone.com ↗
[Claude] Report 2 covers the same PDPC statement that recent incidents were opportunistic attacks, adding its advice and the lack of a clear link, which is consistent with Report 1.
24m agoAlso reported by asiaone.com (found in GDELT's list of news articles)
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