On October 31, 2020, Eatigo reported a data breach of customer data and that the data had been put up for sale on a popular forum. The Personal Data Protection Commission investigated and found that: the personal data for sale on the online forum did not match any current databases in use by the Organisation…
Category: Commentaries and Analyses
Co-Working for the Ransomware Age: How Hive Thrived
Mathew J. Schwartz reports on how Hive blossomed as a business enterprise by co-working, or incorporating smaller victims and teams from Conti. Read his report with insights provided by Yelisey Bohuslavskiy, chief research officer at New York-based threat intelligence firm Red Sense. It makes for a fascinating read.
After newest data leak, lawyers say time for Putrajaya to give up PDPA immunity
R. Loheswar reports: Continued breaches exposing Malaysians’ private information at government agencies meant the Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA) should be amended to finally make these accountable, said legal experts. In its current form, the PDPA only covers commercial entities and transactions, exempting both the federal and state governments from its rules and principles, including…
Council of Granada database was sold by hacker. Should anyone be concerned?
The Council of Granada is a public entity providing direct services to citizens as well as technical, economic, and technological support to the city councils of the municipalities of the province of Granada, Spain. On December 29, 2022, the group known as “GhostSec” listed a Granada Council database at dipgra.es for sale, claiming they had…
ANOTHER Acer Data Breach? Hacker Claims to Sell 160GB Trove of Stolen Data
Waqas reports: Acer Inc., a major global technology company based in Taiwan, is facing a potential data breach from a hacker going by the alias “Kernelware.” The hacker is claiming responsibility for a major data breach at Acer Inc., a leading multinational company based in Taiwan that designs and sells hardware and electronics products. According to…
Ie: Data Protection Commission publishes 2022 Annual Report
Commissioner for Data Protection, Helen Dixon, has today launched the Irish Data Protection Commission’s Annual Report for 2022. Highlights of the 2022 Annual report include: The DPC concluded 17 Large-Scale inquiries, with administrative fines in excess of €1billion and multiple reprimands and compliance orders imposed. Additionally, as at 31 December 2022, 4 DPC draft decisions…