Former staffer of Korean e-tailer Coupang accessed 33 million records but may have done less damage than feared Korean e-tailer Coupang claims a former employee has admitted to improperly accessing data describing 33 million of its customers, but says the accused deleted the stolen data.… READ MORE HERE…

The human harms of cyberattacks piled up this year, and violence expected to increase The knock-on, and often unintentional, impacts of a cyberattack are so rarely discussed. As an industry, the focus is almost always placed on the economic damage: the ransom payment; the cost of business downtime; and goodness, don’t forget those poor shareholders.… READ MORE HERE…

Practice makes perfect It’s the most wonderful time of the year … for corporate security bosses to run tabletop exercises, simulating a hypothetical cyberattack or other emergency, running through incident processes, and practicing responses to ensure preparedness if when a digital disaster occurs.… READ MORE HERE…

In supercharged AI race, defenders need to keep up interview  According to Remedio CEO Tal Kollender, the only way to beat the bad guys hacking into corporate networks is to “think like a hacker,” and because not everyone is a teenage hacker turned cybersecurity startup chief executive, she built an AI to do this.… READ MORE HERE…