Byron Kaye reports: Corporate insurers routinely pay hackers a ransom for the return of stolen customer data, a top Australian government cybersecurity provider said on Tuesday (Oct 25), as the country’s biggest health insurer revealed the growing scale of a recent breach. The claim from Macquarie Telecom Group, which runs cybersecurity for 42 per cent…
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Hive claims ransomware attack on Tata Power, begins leaking data
Ax Sharma reports: Hive ransomware group has claimed responsibility for a cyber attack disclosed by Tata Power this month. A subsidiary of the multinational conglomerate Tata Group, Tata Power is India’s largest integrated power company based in Mumbai. Read more at Bleeping Computer.
Medibank updates incident report; customer data also affected
Medibank has provided yet another update on the ransomware attack previously noted on this site: There has been a further development in Medibank’s cybercrime event, which is subject to a criminal investigation by the Australia Federal Police (AFP). It has become clear that the criminal has taken data that now includes Medibank customer data, in…
UK: ICO fines Interserve £4,400,000 for inadequate data security
Between 18 March 2019 and 1 December 2020 Interserve Limited (“Interserve”) failed to process personal data in a manner that ensured appropriate security of the personal data using appropriate technical and organisational measures as required by Article 5(1)(f) and Article 32 GDPR. This rendered Interserve vulnerable to a cyber-attack which took place in the period…
Blazing South Korean datacenter operator raided by cops, blames its own batteries?
Laura Dobberstein reports: South Korean police have reportedly raided the premises of SK C&C, the operator of the datacenter that caught fire on the weekend of October 15 and disrupted the operations of local web giants Naver and Kakao. […] SK C&C, meanwhile, has apologized for the incident and admitted that uninterruptible power supplies appear…
Australia to propose increased penalties for data breaches following major cyberattacks
Reuters reports: Australia will introduce laws to parliament to increase penalties for companies subject to major data breaches, Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus said, after high-profile cyberattacks hit millions of Australians in recent weeks. […] Dreyfus, in an official statement issued on Saturday, said the government would next week move to “significantly increase penalties for repeated or serious privacy…