Zack Whittaker reports: The Ukrainian government has fired two of its most senior cybersecurity officials following accusations of alleged embezzlement. Yurii Shchyhol, head of Ukraine’s State Special Communications Service of Ukraine, or SSSCIP, and his deputy Victor Zhora (pictured), who served as deputy chairman and chief digital transformation officer at SSSCIP, were both dismissed by…
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Decade-long data leak raises serious concerns with NTT group
An editorial in The Asahi Shimbun begins: A prolonged, systemic failure in data security management resulted in a 10-year leak of personal information in about 9 million cases stored at a subsidiary of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone West Corp. (NTT West). The leak reflects a significant lapse in the company’s protective measures and a stark…
UK: Former NHS secretary found guilty of illegally accessing medical records
A reminder of the insider threat: A former NHS employee has been found guilty and fined for illegally accessing the medical records of over 150 people. Loretta Alborghetti, from Redditch, worked as a medical secretary within the Ophthalmology department at Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust when she illegally accessed the records. In June 2019, a…
Cardiovascular Consultants (CVC Heart) allegedly hit by ransomware (1)
Cardiovascular Consultants LTD (CVC Heart) in Arizona may or may not have been the victim of a ransomware attack, but they have not responded to inquiries about that. So far, all we have are unsubstantiated claims by a ransomware group and an alleged data archive download that doesn’t download. On October 25, Cardiovascular Consultants LTD…
AU: ‘Curious’ pharmacist spied on patient records at The Alfred
Lachlan Abbott reports: About 7000 Alfred Health patients are victims of a privacy breach after a pharmacist working at Victoria’s leading trauma hospital accessed personal medical records without authorisation. Alfred Health wrote to every patient affected in a letter sent on Monday, seen by The Age, which said the pharmacist was dismissed after an investigation, launched…
Hogan Lovell Series: “Insider Threats”
Hogan Lovells is introducing a new multimedia series: Welcome to Hogan Lovells’ The Data Chronicles, brought to you by the firm’s global Privacy and Cybersecurity practice. This multimedia series is dedicated to the ever-changing legal and regulatory developments in the world of data, privacy, and cybersecurity. Insider threat remains one of the most challenging cybersecurity…