Oscar Liu reports: Two public hospital doctors have been granted bail after being arrested in Hong Kong on suspicion of leaking a cancer patient’s medical data to highlight alleged professional shortcomings by her operating surgeon. Observers, meanwhile, said that although the incident did not align with the principles of “whistle-blowing”, it underscored the need for…
Author: Dissent
Gmail’s protections are strong and effective, and claims of a major Gmail security warning are false.
From Google’s blog, today, to try to counter headlines about any major security concern: We want to reassure our users that Gmail’s protections are strong and effective. Several inaccurate claims surfaced recently that incorrectly stated that we issued a broad warning to all Gmail users about a major Gmail security issue. This is entirely false….
Huge Fines Imposed by Thailand’s PDPC: A Major Alert on Data Privacy Violations (Thailand)
Shunsuke Minowa and Poonyisa Sornchangwat of Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu write: 1. Background On 1 August 2025, Thailand’s Personal Data Protection Committee (“PDPC”) announced the issuance of 8 fines totaling THB 14.5 million (approximately USD 448,000), which were levied against one government agency and other private entities for non-compliance with the Personal Data Protection Act of 2019 (“PDPA”)…
Massachusetts AG Secures $795,000 Settlement for Alleged Data Security and Breach Notification Failures by Peabody Properties Inc.
A.J. S. Dhaliwal, Mehul N. Madia, Maxwell Earp-Thomas of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton write: On August 19, Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell announced a $795,000 settlement with a property management company for alleged violations of the Massachusetts Consumer Protection Act, and the Massachusetts Data Security Law and Data Security Regulations. The AG alleged that the…
FBI cyber cop: Salt Typhoon pwned ‘nearly every American’
Jessica Lyons reports: China’s Salt Typhoon cyberspies hoovered up information belonging to millions of people in the United States over the course of the years-long intrusion into telecommunications networks, according to a top FBI cyber official. “There’s a good chance this espionage campaign has stolen information from nearly every American,” Michael Machtinger, deputy assistant director…
EuroFins cancer screening hack far bigger than thought, agency says
DutchNews.nl reports: The scale of a data theft from a Dutch national screening programme laboratory is far greater than initially reported, research agency Bevolkingsonderzoek Nederland said on Friday. Hackers may have accessed the personal and medical details of all 941,000 women who have taken part in the cervical cancer screening programme since 2017, the agency said in…