Here are five best practices that can help you boost end-user experiences , simplify performance management , and reduce the cost of your AWS environment . The number of successful cyberattacks per year per company has increased by 46 % over the last four years . But what really needs to be considered when exploring a solution ? The leaked database weighs in at 52.2GB , and according to ZDNet comes via business services firm Dun & Bradstreet , which sells it to marketers that send targeted email campaigns . After examining the data , Hunt has revealed that the data dump Attack.Databreach contains details belonging exclusively to US-based companies and government agencies . California is the most represented demographic with over four million records , followed by New York with 2.7 million records and Texas with 2.6 million records . The leading organisation by records is the Department of Defense , with 101,013 personnel records exposed in the dump Attack.Databreach . It is followed by the United States Postal Service ( USPS ) with 88,153 leaked employee records and AT & T with 67,382 . Other firms affected by the leak Attack.Databreach includes CVS with 40,739 records , Citigroup with 35,292 and IBM with 33,412 . The database contains dozens of fields , some including personal information such as names , job titles and functions , work email addresses , and phone numbers . While the database does n't contain more sensitive information , such as credit card numbers or SSNs , Hunt says it 's an `` absolute goldmine for targeted spear phishing Attack.Phishing . '' `` From this data , you can piece together organisational structures and tailor messaging Attack.Phishing to create an air of authenticity and that 's something that 's attractive to crooks and nation-state actors alike , '' he said . `` I often work with companies attempting to mitigate the damage of their organisational data being publicly exposed Attack.Databreach ( frequently due to data breaches Attack.Databreach ) , and I can confidently say that knowing this information is out there circulating would concern many of them . '' Dun & Bradstreet has denied responsibility for the leak Attack.Databreach and said it could have come from come from any of its thousands of clients . `` Based on our analysis , it is our determination that there has been no exposure Attack.Databreach of sensitive personal information from , and no infiltration of our system . The information in question is data typically found on a business card . `` As general practice , Dun & Bradstreet uses an agile security process and evaluates and evolves security controls to protect the integrity of our data , '' a spokesperson told the INQUIRER

Ciphr , a company which offers encrypted communications for BlackBerry 10 and Samsung Knox smartphones , claims that a rival firm are behind a data dump Attack.Databreach of its customers ' email addresses and their device 's IMEI numbers . A website displaying the alleged leaked data claims that `` all Ciphr emails/servers have been compromised Attack.Databreach . '' Two sources that use Ciphr on their phones told Motherboard the leak Attack.Databreach includes their information as well as the data of other users . Specifically , the website lists users ' email addresses and IMEI numbers , data which law enforcement can leverage to expose Attack.Databreach a user . In a message provided to Motherboard from one of its sources , the privacy platform says the data dump Attack.Databreach was not the result of a data breach Attack.Databreach . Instead Ciphr blames a rival company for the incident : `` Our rapid growth has caught the attention of competitors seeking to slow us down by way of slander , blocking and DDOS [ distributed denial of service attacks ] .... We were shocked that any company in this industry would release information to the public under any circumstance . '' Ciphr 's management explains in a blog post that a rogue reseller who was granted access to its sales systems gave the information to SkySecure , which makes custom Blackberry devices . The company goes on to note that most of the information included in the data dump Attack.Databreach was already expired . But it does say a few active users ' email addresses and IMEI numbers were included in the leak Attack.Databreach .

Ciphr , a company which offers encrypted communications for BlackBerry 10 and Samsung Knox smartphones , claims that a rival firm are behind a data dump Attack.Databreach of its customers ' email addresses and their device 's IMEI numbers . A website displaying the alleged leaked data claims that `` all Ciphr emails/servers have been compromised Attack.Databreach . '' Two sources that use Ciphr on their phones told Motherboard the leak Attack.Databreach includes their information as well as the data of other users . Specifically , the website lists users ' email addresses and IMEI numbers , data which law enforcement can leverage to expose Attack.Databreach a user . In a message provided to Motherboard from one of its sources , the privacy platform says the data dump Attack.Databreach was not the result of a data breach Attack.Databreach . Instead Ciphr blames a rival company for the incident : `` Our rapid growth has caught the attention of competitors seeking to slow us down by way of slander , blocking and DDOS [ distributed denial of service attacks ] .... We were shocked that any company in this industry would release information to the public under any circumstance . '' Ciphr 's management explains in a blog post that a rogue reseller who was granted access to its sales systems gave the information to SkySecure , which makes custom Blackberry devices . The company goes on to note that most of the information included in the data dump Attack.Databreach was already expired . But it does say a few active users ' email addresses and IMEI numbers were included in the leak Attack.Databreach .

Another presidential election , another massive data dump Attack.Databreach seemingly intended to sabotage a center-left candidate . But in the case of France 's impending runoff , slated for Sunday , the latest leak Attack.Databreach of emails appears far more slap-dash than the Russian hacks and leaks Attack.Databreach that plagued Hillary Clinton 's campaign . And in this case , they 're timed to prevent the target of those leaks from even having a chance to respond . On Friday , a collection of links to torrent files appeared on the anonymous publishing site PasteBin . The 9GB trove purports to be an archive of leaked emails from the party of Emmanuel Macron , the left-leaning candidate currently favored to win France 's impending runoff election against far-right opponent Marine Le Pen . The latest data dump Attack.Databreach comes less than 48 hours before France 's election , possibly too late to shift its outcome—at least to the degree that the hacks of the DNC and Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta did in the months leading up to the US election . Its timing so close to the runoff could still prove strategic , as French law forbids candidates from speaking publicly for two days ahead of an election . That timing could prevent Macron himself from responding to any scandal that surfaces in the data dump Attack.Databreach , real or fabricated . In a statement , Macron ’ s political party confirmed that hackers had compromised Attack.Databreach it . `` The En Marche party has been the victim of a massive , coordinated act of hacking Attack.Databreach , in which diverse internal information ( mails , documents , accounting , contracts ) have been broadcast this evening on social networks , '' reads a public statement in French from the Macron campaign . `` The files which are circulating were obtained Attack.Databreach a few weeks ago thanks to the hacking Attack.Databreach of the professional and personal email accounts of several members of the campaign . '' Late last month , the security firm Trend Micro noted in a report that the Macron campaign appeared to be a target of the Russian-government-linked hacker group Fancy Bear , also known as Pawn Storm or APT 28 . The firm 's researchers found a phishing domain created by the hacker group in March , designed to target the campaign by impersonating Attack.Phishing the site that En March uses for cloud data storage . At the time , the Macron campaign claimed that that hacking attempts had failed . On Friday morning , users of the anonymous forum 4Chan had also purported to have published evidence of Macron 's tax evasion , though those claims were also unverified , and it 's not clear if they 're connected to the current leak . In the wake of Russian hackers ' attempt to sway the US election , which remains the subject of two Congressional investigations , the cybersecurity community has warned that the Kremlin may attempt similar tricks to swing elections towards its favored candidates in the French and upcoming German elections , too . Former British intelligence staffer Matt Tait warned that regardless of what it contains , the simple fact of the data dump Attack.Databreach achieves certain objectives . `` By all means , look through them , '' he wrote on Twitter . `` But do [ so ] with your eyes open and knowing that you 're being played for free negative coverage/headlines . '' The Macron campaign compared the hacking directly to the hacker targeting of Clinton campaign . `` Intervening in the last hour of an official campaign , this operation clearly seeks to destabilize democracy , as already seen in the United States ' last president campaign , '' the statement reads . `` We can not tolerate that the vital interests of democracy are thus endangered . ''

Another presidential election , another massive data dump Attack.Databreach seemingly intended to sabotage a center-left candidate . But in the case of France 's impending runoff , slated for Sunday , the latest leak Attack.Databreach of emails appears far more slap-dash than the Russian hacks and leaks Attack.Databreach that plagued Hillary Clinton 's campaign . And in this case , they 're timed to prevent the target of those leaks from even having a chance to respond . On Friday , a collection of links to torrent files appeared on the anonymous publishing site PasteBin . The 9GB trove purports to be an archive of leaked emails from the party of Emmanuel Macron , the left-leaning candidate currently favored to win France 's impending runoff election against far-right opponent Marine Le Pen . The latest data dump Attack.Databreach comes less than 48 hours before France 's election , possibly too late to shift its outcome—at least to the degree that the hacks of the DNC and Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta did in the months leading up to the US election . Its timing so close to the runoff could still prove strategic , as French law forbids candidates from speaking publicly for two days ahead of an election . That timing could prevent Macron himself from responding to any scandal that surfaces in the data dump Attack.Databreach , real or fabricated . In a statement , Macron ’ s political party confirmed that hackers had compromised Attack.Databreach it . `` The En Marche party has been the victim of a massive , coordinated act of hacking Attack.Databreach , in which diverse internal information ( mails , documents , accounting , contracts ) have been broadcast this evening on social networks , '' reads a public statement in French from the Macron campaign . `` The files which are circulating were obtained Attack.Databreach a few weeks ago thanks to the hacking Attack.Databreach of the professional and personal email accounts of several members of the campaign . '' Late last month , the security firm Trend Micro noted in a report that the Macron campaign appeared to be a target of the Russian-government-linked hacker group Fancy Bear , also known as Pawn Storm or APT 28 . The firm 's researchers found a phishing domain created by the hacker group in March , designed to target the campaign by impersonating Attack.Phishing the site that En March uses for cloud data storage . At the time , the Macron campaign claimed that that hacking attempts had failed . On Friday morning , users of the anonymous forum 4Chan had also purported to have published evidence of Macron 's tax evasion , though those claims were also unverified , and it 's not clear if they 're connected to the current leak . In the wake of Russian hackers ' attempt to sway the US election , which remains the subject of two Congressional investigations , the cybersecurity community has warned that the Kremlin may attempt similar tricks to swing elections towards its favored candidates in the French and upcoming German elections , too . Former British intelligence staffer Matt Tait warned that regardless of what it contains , the simple fact of the data dump Attack.Databreach achieves certain objectives . `` By all means , look through them , '' he wrote on Twitter . `` But do [ so ] with your eyes open and knowing that you 're being played for free negative coverage/headlines . '' The Macron campaign compared the hacking directly to the hacker targeting of Clinton campaign . `` Intervening in the last hour of an official campaign , this operation clearly seeks to destabilize democracy , as already seen in the United States ' last president campaign , '' the statement reads . `` We can not tolerate that the vital interests of democracy are thus endangered . ''