WHTM reports: Pennsylvania Senator Kristin Phillips, who chairs the technology committee, held a hearing on June 7 about a proposal to require prompt disclosure whenever there is a data breach within the state government. In her opinion, the state should have revealed the unemployment and contact tracing breaches that took place. “Citizens are tired of…
Category: Government Sector
Italian city of Palermo shuts down all systems to fend off cyberattack
Bill Toulas reports: The municipality of Palermo in Southern Italy suffered a cyberattack on Friday, which appears to have had a massive impact on a broad range of operations and services to both citizens and visiting tourists. Palermo is home to about 1.3 million people, the fifth most populous city in Italy. The area is…
Icare sends private details of 193,000 workers to wrong employers
Lucy Cormack reports: The personal details of almost 200,000 injured workers were mistakenly shared with 587 employers and insurance brokers in a major privacy data breach by embattled state insurer icare last month. A senior source with direct knowledge of the breach said the details of 193,000 employees were contained in spreadsheets that were mistakenly…
Health P.E.I. alerts public of privacy breach after laptop stolen
Shane Ross reports: More than 4,000 patients and 1,200 Health P.E.I. employees are being notified of a privacy breach after an employee’s laptop was stolen in April. In a news release issued Wednesday, Health P.E.I. said the stolen laptop was password protected and information technology staff took steps to secure the information as soon as…
Costa Rica’s public health agency hit by Hive ransomware
Sergiu Gatlan reports: All computer systems on the network of Costa Rica’s public health service (known as Costa Rican Social Security Fund or CCCS) are now offline following a Hive ransomware attack that hit them this morning. Hive, a Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) operation active since at least June 2021, has been behind attacks on over 30 organizations, counting only the victims…
AU: NDIS case management system provider breached
Justin Hendry reports: A security breach of a cloud-based client management system used by National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) service providers has exposed a “large volume” of health and other sensitive data. CTARS, a Sydney-based software and analytics provider for the disability and care sectors, this week revealed an unauthorised third-party had gained access to…