Adrian Black reports: The competition watchdog has handed out more than $50,000 in fines to ING bank over missed deadlines and misleading website statements. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission alleged ING missed three deadlines for its Consumer Data Right (CDR) rollout and misled consumers on the reliability and security of its service. Read more…
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CMS Responding to Data Breach at Subcontractor
I cannot remember any other breach where CMS actually issued those affected new Medicare numbers and cards, but it happened in this one: A Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) subcontractor was the victim of a ransomware attack in October. The full press release follows: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is responding…
Au: City of Port Phillip Notification of Potential Data Breach
City of Port Phillip Statement from Chris Carroll, CEO City of Port Phillip The City of Port Phillip is committed to being transparent around incidents that may affect you and your data. As such, it is appropriate to let you know of an incident that occurred recently on our online customer portal, My Port Phillip….
Social Blade admits to being hacked
Damien Black reports: A popular data analytics tool that tracks YouTube and other major social media platforms has admitted to being hacked. Social Blade issued a statement saying it had been notified of a systems breach on December 14, while insisting no credit card data had been leaked. However, it said other personally identifying information,…
Iran-linked Charming Kitten espionage gang bares claws to pollies, power orgs
Jessica Lyons Hardcastle reports: An Iranian cyber espionage gang with ties to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has learned new methods and phishing techniques, and aimed them at a wider set of targets – including politicians, government officials, critical infrastructure and medical researchers – according to email security vendor Proofpoint. Over the past two years,…
HHS Civil Rights Office Enters Settlement with Dental Practice Over Disclosures of Patients’ Protected Health Information
From HHS, resolution of a complaint they received in 2017: The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has settled with B. Brandon Au, DDS, Inc., d/b/a New Vision Dental (New Vision Dental), in California, over the impermissible disclosure of patient protected health information (PHI) in response to online reviews, and other potential violations of the Health…