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Following are excerpts from news stories recently posted under Breaking Industry News on our signs every data breach in the database
home page. For links to these and other full news stories, please visit www.greensheet.com/break- a Breach Clarity Score, which is most-
ingnews.php?flag=previous_breaking_news. often from 1 to 10. The higher the score,
the more severe the breach.
"Breach Clarity's artificial intelligence
algorithm simulates that advanced, ob-
jective analysis, and is available to any-
Black Friday different, not dead, says Shopify Plus one as a free tool in the fight against
identity fraud and cybercrime," the
The COVID-19 pandemic's impact on retail businesses and the global supply company wrote. To find the score, as
chain was the topic of a Sept. 17, 2020, webinar hosted by Shopify Plus. Among well as the risks and recommended
the topics discussed were the future of epic shopping events such as Black action for any publicly reported data
Friday and Cyber Monday and how businesses are digitalizing products and breach, visit www.breachclarity.com .
services.
Study links first-time users
Justin de Graaf, global head of research and insights, ad marketing at Google, to digital abusers
said, "Searches for online gift, online clothing stores and baby clothes online Newly minted digital consumers have
have grown globally by over 100 percent year over year. We've seen 400 percent
growth in art supplies, online fashion, online shopping and meat delivery ser- created a fertile playing field for fraud-
sters, according to a newly released
vice; these jumps are huge and think about the behavior. If folks are comfort-
able buying meat online, why not a car or something else?" LexisNexis Risk Solutions Cybercrime
Report. The study analyzed more than
Analysis of publicly reported data breaches available 22.5 billion recent transactions in the
LexisNexis Digital Identity Network,
Data breach analysis firm Breach Clarity maintains a database of publicly re- finding a 37 percent increase over the
ported data breaches. Through a proprietary algorithm, it analyzes and as- previous year's activity. Researchers
attribute changing consumer habits to
transaction growth throughout the on-
going COVID-19 pandemic.
Rebekah Moody, director of fraud and
identity at LexisNexis Risk Solutions,
said, "Fraudsters look for easy targets:
whether government supported pack-
ages, new lines of credit or media com-
panies with fewer barriers to entry.
We need to ensure that all consumers,
especially those who might be new to
digital, are protected."
Fintech honors 25 women leaders
New York-based The Financial Technol-
ogy Report released its 2020 list of top
25 women leaders, commending hon-
orees for their accomplishments dur-
ing a turbulent year. The 25 honorees
have each played a role in moving the
fintech industry forward, the report's
editors stated.
Award recipients were nominated by
colleagues and peers, many of whom
enthusiastically touted honorees in
press releases and on social media.
For a list of all 25 honorees, visit www.
greensheet.com/breakingnews.php?article_
id=2445.
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