Myind reports: India’s state-owned telecom operator, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL), experienced a substantial data breach, placing the personal information of thousands of users at risk. Reports indicated that a threat actor on the dark web had claimed possession of critical information related to BSNL’s fiber and landline users. According to a report by ET,…
Author: Dissent
AbbVie files trade secrets suit against Adcentrx and former employee
Nicole DeFeudis reports: AbbVie accused a former employee and a rival oncology developer of stealing trade secrets about its antibody-drug conjugate programs. The pharma giant on Friday filed suit in California federal court against Adcentrx and scientist Danny Lee, who left AbbVie in 2021 to join Adcentrx. The complaint alleges that Lee was “in a…
Kazakhstan to extradite Russian cyber expert to Moscow despite US requests
Daryna Antoniuk reports: Kazakhstan will reportedly extradite a prominent Russian cybersecurity expert to Moscow after refusing to send him to the U.S. Nikita Kislitsin, who was detained in Kazakhstan earlier in June at the request of the U.S., will face hacking and extortion charges in his home country, according to Moscow’s Prosecutor General’s Office. There was no official confirmation…
Health data breaches hit an all-time high in 2023
Katie Palmer reports: Odds are, you’ve gotten at least one of the unnerving letters in your mailbox this year: “We’re writing to inform you of a cybersecurity incident,” it might start. It’s the standard notice many health care organizations are required to provide when your protected health information gets exposed — and in 2023, data…
Fairfax Co. concludes investigation into student data breach
Scott Gelman reports: An investigation into how Fairfax County Public Schools accidentally shared other students’ private information with a parent during a fall meeting has concluded, Superintendent Michelle Reid said in a letter to families Thursday. The external review, conducted by the law firm Woods Rogers, found that the data breach occurred because the parent…
St Vincent’s Health falls victim to cyberattack
David Swan reports: St Vincent’s Health says it has sustained a cyberattack and hackers have stolen data from its network, with the hospital and aged care provider urgently investigating the incident. St Vincent’s, which is the nation’s largest not-for-profit health and aged care provider, said it discovered the attack on Tuesday and an investigation into…