Tzvi Joffre reports: The personal information of 6,453,254 Israelis was leaked after the Likud Party uploaded the entire Israeli national voter registry to an application, according to Haaretz. The leaked information includes names, identification numbers, phone numbers and addresses. Political parties in Israel receive the information of Israeli voters before the elections and have to protect their privacy…
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India’s Data Protection Bill Threatens Global Cybersecurity
Lukasz Olejnik, an independent cybersecurity and privacy researcher, writes that some provisions in the Indian Data Protection Act of 2019, “like having to store sensitive data in systems that are located within the subcontinent, may put constraints on certain business practices and are considered more controversial by some.” One feature of the bill that’s received less…
Russia Unleashes New Weapons In Its ‘Cyber Attack Testing Ground’: Report
Zak Doffman reports: “Ukraine is, by and large, a Russian cyber attack testing ground,” Vitali Kremez tells me. The head of SentinelLabs has just penned a new report into the actions Russian cyber threat group “Gameredon” is taking against Ukraine, and the wider implications of this. “We assess with high confidence,” Kremez says, “that the Russian targeting…
Why you can’t bank on backups to fight ransomware anymore
Sean Gallagher reports: Not every ransomware attack is an unmitigated disaster. But even the most prepared organizations, it seems, can have small-scale disasters in the era of mass scans, spear phishes, and targeted ransomware. Read more on Ars Technica.
Your Poorly Secured Medical Credit Score Could Deny You Care
I didn’t even know I had/have a medical credit score. Do I? Do you? Joe Cadillic sends along this eye-opener of a report by Keith Axline: Private hospitals are now consulting a secret medical credit score from Experian before you even see a doctor. As a patient you do not have access to this score,…
Kobe Steel, Pasco hit in latest cyberattack cases: Defense Ministry
Kyodo News reports: Kobe Steel Ltd. and satellite data provider Pasco Corp. have come under cyberattacks, the latest in a series of confirmed cases of attacks on Japanese defense-related companies, the Defense Ministry said Thursday. The ministry, however, said it has not confirmed a leakage of classified information from the two companies. Read more on…