Gemma Iso reports: The recent report from Salesforce published by the Singapore Business Review reveals a significant decline in consumer trust in Singapore companies over the past year. Nearly 74% of individuals have expressed less confidence in these firms compared to a year ago. The primary driver of this scepticism appears to be concerns over how…
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Information and Privacy Commissioner of Alberta Publishes 2023-24 Annual Report
November 27 EDMONTON – The 2023-2024 Annual Report of the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner (OIPC) of Alberta was tabled today by the Speaker of the Alberta Legislative Assembly and has now been published online by the OIPC. “The 2023-24 year can best be characterized as a year of change and engagement for…
The Office for Civil Rights Should Enhance Its HIPAA Audit Program to Enforce HIPAA Requirements and Improve the Protection of Electronic Protected Health Information
Issued on 11/21/2024 | Posted on 11/25/2024 | Report number: A-18-21-08014 To cut to the chase: What OIG Found OCR fulfilled its requirement under the HITECH Act to perform periodic HIPAA audits. However: OCR’s HIPAA audit implementation was too narrowly scoped to effectively assess ePHI protections and demonstrate a reduction of risks within the health care sector. Specifically: OCR’s audits consisted…
Ransomware: Hunters International decentralizes storage
Reporting this via a Google translation of an article originally published in French. Valéry Rieß-Marchive reports: The brand provides its affiliates with Linux software allowing them to maintain complete control over the data stolen from their victims. The file is called “storage_linux_x64.” It is an executable for Linux. It is among the data of two…
Rockford Gastroenterology Associates notifies 147,253 patients of December 2023 cyberattack
In December 2023, DataBreaches added Rockford Gastroenterology Associates (“RGA”) to a list of possible ransomware victims after seeing a listing for them on the leak site for threat actors known as RA World. However, it wasn’t until September 2024 that RGA posted a notice on its website, and not until October that they notified HHS…
Ransomware Group Cooperation: A Growing Challenge in the Fight Against Cybercrime
Marco A. De Felice (aka @amvinfe) of SuspectFile and DataBreaches have often shared information with each other about threat actors or incidents, including what may appear to be second attacks or maybe just a re-listing of a previous attack. He has recently taken a look at listings of data claimed by two or more groups to…