Graham Cluley writes: Normally the official Twitter account of Russia’s Foreign Ministry’s Crisis Management Centre does not make for the most fascinating read. Normally @MID_travel simply retweets messages from other Russian government departments or embassies, as it offers advice on how Russian citizens can remain safe abroad. But on July 2nd, the account was compromised by hackers…
Month: July 2020
Personal Data of 250,000 People From 20 Countries Leaked by Bitcoin Scam
Kevin Helms reports: A global bitcoin scam has reportedly leaked personal data of about 250,000 people from more than 20 countries. The majority of the compromised data were of people in the U.K., Australia, South Africa, and the U.S. This bitcoin scam operates under several different names. Read more on Bitcoin.com.
University of Michigan: Leaked emails, passwords were from ‘3rd-party data breaches’
Nisa Khan reports: University of Michigan students got a scare Friday night: warnings circulating on social media about an apparent data breach leaking their U-M email addresses and passwords. On Saturday, the University of Michigan released a statement saying the information was from older “third-party data breaches, such as Chegg, Zynga, LinkedIn” where users used their student emails to sign…
China Issued the Draft Data Security Law
Yan Luo and Zhijing Yu of Covington & Burling write: On July 2, 2020, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress of China (“NPC”) released the draft Data Security Law (“Draft Law”) for public comment. The release of the Draft Law marks a step forward in establishing a regulatory framework for the protection of broadly defined…
UK: Second NHS data leak to be fully investigated
The Orcadian reports: Another data breach at NHS Orkney has led to a confidential health board file being inadvertently sent to a member of the local press, in what has been described by the health authority’s new interim chief executive as a “regrettable” error. Michael Dickson, who is set to arrive in Orkney today, Friday,…
Why should the health plan offer credit monitoring in this case? (UPDATED)
I was reading yet another press release about an incident involving protected health information. This one was from Independence Blue Cross in Philadelphia. Let me start by quoting the relevant part and then I’ll meet you on the other side: On May 8, 2020, the Independence Blue Cross Privacy Office was notified that certain member information…