Jordan Robertson, Cagan Koc, and Chris Strohm report: Investigators are looking at potential ties between the Chinese government and an ex-employee accused of stealing data from ASML Holding NV — a company critical to producing the world’s most advanced computer chips. The former employee, who was based in China, was identified as having potential ties to…
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U.K.: NHS call center advisor found guilty of accessing medical records illegally
From the ICO, this press release: A former 111 call centre advisor has been found guilty and fined for illegally accessing the medical records of a child and his family. Martin Swan, 56, from Pinner, London, worked as a service advisor at the NHS 111 call centre in Southall when he illegally accessed the records….
Scots cancer patient hits out after major data breach of medical records at NHS Lothian by staff member
Sarah Vesty reports: A Scots cancer patient had hit out after discovering his confidential medical records were ‘inappropriately’ accessed by a member of NHS Lothian staff amid a major data breach. Martin Laing received a letter from the health board last week informing him of the incident, which is understood to have affected around 90 people. The 57-year-old, who…
Audit: MySejahtera Data Breach Affected Three Million Users
CodeBlue reports: The personal information of millions of MySejahtera users has been exposed after an account authorised for vaccine administration stole data from three million vaccine recipients, revealed a national audit. The latest Auditor-General’s 2021 report (Series 2) tabled in Parliament today revealed that a “Super Admin” account under the MyVAS system, which is used at…
A major global chipmaking supplier claims an employee stole manufacturing secrets
Jess Weatherbed reports: ASML, one of the largest suppliers to the global semiconductor industry and the only supplier of extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography photolithography machines, has revealed that a former employee in China stole information pertaining to its proprietary technology in a data breach. Within its recently published 2022 annual report, the Dutch tech firm said…
Cop and telecoms staffer charged in data breach case
Cayman News Service reports: A police sergeant who was suspended from the RCIPS last year and a former employee of a local telecommunications company have both been summoned to appear in court next week in relation to a data breach investigated by the Office of the Ombudsman (OMB), the RCIPS has confirmed. The former telecoms…