Matt Dennien reports: The Queensland Police Service has again been caught up in a privacy breach, this time involving the email addresses of more than 350 people – including AFP, Defence and Queensland Health staff –trying to return to Queensland. Read more on The Age. So after telling recipients to keep the invitation hush-hush, they…
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Za: Ransomware attack crisis over, says justice department
Gill Gifford reports: Most online services, the payment of child maintenance to beneficiaries and the electronic recording of court proceedings is virtually back to normal after last month’s ransomware attack on the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development. The September attack led to a massive crisis, causing major disruptions to all divisions — including the…
Singapore passes law to tackle ‘foreign interference,’ giving authorities the power to block internet content
On October 5, Reuters reported: Singapore’s Parliament has approved a law giving broad powers to the government to deal with foreign interference — sparking concern from the opposition and experts about its wide scope and limits on judicial review. The small and open city-state, which says it is vulnerable to foreign meddling, targeted fake news with a…
Hacker arrested in France for theft of COVID-19 tests for 1.4 million Parisians
An update to a previously reported data breach. Catalin Cimpanu reports: French police have detained a 22-year-old suspect on the accusation of breaching a Paris hospital, stealing, and then leaking the COVID-19 test results of more than 1.4 million patients. The suspect, whose name was not released by authorities, was arrested on Wednesday, October 6,…
Je: Staff shortages blamed for lost medical records
A number of medical records – which are still kept in paper form in Jersey – went missing in the hospital in August, the Health Minster has confirmed. Read more on Jersey Evening Post. It’s not clear to me how being short-staffed led to missing records. Did existing staff just fail to return records after…
Netherlands can use intelligence or armed forces to respond to ransomware attacks
Catalin Cimpanu reports: The Dutch government said it would use its intelligence or military services to counter cyber-attacks, including ransomware attacks, that threaten its national security. Answering a parliamentary inquiry into the country’s possible avenues of response to ransomware attacks, Ben Knapen, Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs, said under normal circumstances, diplomatic avenues take precedence,…