The UpGuard Cyber Risk team can now disclose that sensitive documents for over a hundred manufacturing companies were exposed on a publicly accessible server belonging to Level One Robotics, “an engineering service provider specialized in automation process and assembly for OEMs [original equipment manufacturers], Tier 1 automotive suppliers as well as our end users.” Among…
Month: July 2018
AU: Patients’ concerns over hacking incident at Ochre Health Wollongong
Lisa Wachsmuth reports: A “cyber incident” at a Wollongong medical centre has patients concerned their records may be lost, or even illegally accessed. GPs at Ochre Health Wollongong have been unable to access their patients’ medical records for two weeks after the incident which has still not been resolved. A spokesperson for Ochre Health has moved…
Hackers Breach Russian Bank and Steal $1 Million Due to Outdated Router
Solarquest reports: A notorious hacker group known as MoneyTaker has stolen roughly $1 million from a Russian bank after breaching its network via an outdated router. The victim of the hack is PIR Bank, which lost at least $920,000 in money it had stored in a corresponding account at the Bank of Russia. Group-IB, a…
Ottawa Hospital fires employee after privacy breach involving 30 patients
Elizabeth Payne reports: A family says they are devastated and are asking for stronger protection measures to be put in place after a breach of patient records at The Ottawa Hospital. The hospital discovered the breach during a routine privacy check earlier this year. Thirty patients have been notified that their health records were improperly…
Hackers stole data of PM Lee and 1.5 million patients in ‘major cyberattack’ on SingHealth
Today reports: In the biggest and most serious cyberattack yet on Singapore, hackers last month broke into SingHealth‘s IT systems to steal the data of 1.5 million patients and records of the outpatient medication given to Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, the authorities said on Friday (July 20). Read more on Today. Here is the…
Ballad Health employee fired after accessing patients’ records without permission
Slater Teague reports: Ballad Health says an employee has been fired for accessing patients’ records without an appropriate reason to do so. The health system says it learned of the data breach on May 28. According to Ballad, the former employee viewed patients’ records, accessing both demographic and clinical information. Read more on WJHL.