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Waltham Forest Council has breached data protection laws

Posted on March 8, 2018 by Dissent

Alice Richardson reports: A Waltham Forest Council employee uploaded a video containing “sensitive information” to Youtube, a report filled with damning personal data breaches has revealed. The report by private consultants Agilisys noted the council is currently not currently compliant with data protection regulations. It also shows how personal information was wrongly disclosed 18 times…

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MY: MCMC and security firm ordered to file defence on data leak (Updated)

Posted on March 6, 2018 by Dissent

Vathani Panirchellvum reports: The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) and Nuemera Sdn Bhd, a data security company have been asked to file their defence over a data leak case involving 46.2 million telco subscribers. The Session Courts today instructed MCMC and Nuemera to file their defence against the civil suit brought by PKR communications…

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NC: County employees targets of malware attack

Posted on March 5, 2018 by Dissent

Max Seng reports: Catawba County services employees were the subject of a malware attack discovered in October, according to Catawba County Director of Communications Amy McCauley. Upon learning of the attack, the county launched a forensic investigation conducted by a third-party investigator specializing in cybersecurity. The security breach was detected in the payroll and human…

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Telangana BSNL employee database vulnerable to hacking: French researcher Robert Baptiste

Posted on March 4, 2018 by Dissent

Mithun MK reports: French cyber-security researcher Robert Baptiste has found that over 40 GB of sensitive data belonging to State-owned telecom company BSNL, containing names, passwords and mobile numbers of its 47,000 employees, was vulnerable to hacking due to security flaws in websites under the BSNL domain. A few of the websites were also under…

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Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services Notifies 11,000 Consumers About Breach of Protected Health Information

Posted on March 3, 2018 by Dissent

March 1, 2018 TOPEKA, Kan. – The Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services (KDADS) has begun to notify individual consumers about a recent incident in which personal or protected health information was disseminated to a specific group of KDADS business associates. On February 23, 2018, KDADS became aware of a potential breach of personal…

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Germany admits hackers infiltrated federal ministries, Russian group suspected

Posted on March 1, 2018 by Dissent

DW reports: The German government confirmed on Wednesday that it had suffered a large cyberattack that infiltrated federal computer networks. Citing anonymous sources, German news agency dpa had earlier reported that the Russian hacking group APT28 had placed malware in a government network and infiltrated the Foreign and Defense Ministries. The sources said the malware could have…

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