Ayako Mie reports: Last November, chilling news made headlines nationwide — the internal communications network of the Defense Ministry and Self-Defense Forces had been hacked in September, possibly by another nation. According to Kyodo News, the Defense Information Infrastructure, the high-speed, high-capacity communications network linking SDF bases and camps, was compromised. Following the report, Defense…
Category: Government Sector
UK: Investigation after Barts Health Trust hit by cyber attack
Mark Chandler reports that the biggest NHS trust in London has been hit by a cyberattack, but the nature of the attack is not clear. Barts Health Trust, which runs four hospitals – The Royal London, St Bartholomew’s, Whipps Cross, and Newham – report that although they initially believed it was a ransomware attack, they have ruled that…
Siblings arrested over cyber espionage operation which tapped emails of ex-prime ministers and Vatican cardinals
Nick Squires reports: An Italian nuclear engineer and his sister have been arrested by police on charges of conducting a massive cyber-espionage operation that hacked into the emails of two former prime ministers, Vatican cardinals and Mario Draghi, the president of the European Central Bank. Giulio Occhionero, 45, and his sister Francesca Maria Occhionero, 48,…
Taipei employees’ financial data leaked
Sean Lin reports: An information security breach led to financial data concerning at least 2,000 Taipei City Government employees being leaked on Tuesday night, with city officials ascribing the incident to outdated and vulnerable data management software. The information, which was leaked to Yahoo Taiwan’s search engine, included the names, pay grades, salaries and bank…
Minneapolis settles more lawsuits over snooping in driver database
Whether it’s the healthcare sector, government, or any other sector, if you’re not using adequate tools to monitor and audit your employees’ access to personal information records, it will cost you sooner or later. Eric Roper reports: The long list of lawsuits against Minnesota governments for employees improperly snooping into the state driver’s license database…
PH: ‘Comeleak’: Poll chief rapped for data breach, may face criminal prosecution
Vito Barcelo reports: The National Privacy Commission found the Commission on Elections liable for violating the Data Privacy Act of 2012 and recommended the criminal prosecution of Chairman J. Andres D. Bautista for “the worst recorded breach on a government-held personal database in the world” last March. In a decision, dated Dec. 28, on NPC Case…