Threat actors known as ALTDOS continue to romp their way through attacks on ASEAN entities, garnering very little media attention as they acquire and dump millions of consumer records and proprietary information on businesses. The majority of the victims whose data they have dumped appear to be from Singapore and Thailand, but they do have…
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Fr: CMA CGM hit by another cyber attack
Sam Chambers reports: CMA CGM has been hit by another cyber attack, just under one year since its last big breach. The French containerline told customers today that it had suffered a leak of data on limited customer information involving first and last names, employer, position, email address and phone number. Read more on Splash247….
Cyberattack on Alaska DHSS website includes HIPAA and APIPA breach
Update of October 5, 2021: On September 22, Alaska DHSS reported this incident to HHS as a health plan, and indicated that they were notifying 500,000 individuals (even though there was no evidence of data exfiltration). As of today, some of the state’s divisions are still not fully restored on the web. The Alaska Department…
Hackers stole Covid test data of 1.4 million people from Paris hospital system
Sarah Elzas reports: Hackers stole the personal data of around 1.4 million people who took Covid-19 tests in the Paris region in the middle of 2020. The hack of a service of the Paris public hospital system, AP-HP, is the latest in a growing number of cyberattacks on French health institutions and Covid data breaches….
Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Bermuda Issues Data Breach Guide
Odia Kagan of Fox Rothschild writes: The Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Bermuda has issued a helpful guide on the various types of harm that could be caused by a data breach. The office also referred to the Future of Privacy Forum research on potential harms. Read more here, In their guidance, the Bermuda privacy…
Ottawa Hospital apologizes to unvaccinated staff for privacy breach
CBC reports: The Ottawa Hospital has apologized to unvaccinated staff after an email was sent out offering a vaccine education session with each recipient’s name visible to others. The email was sent from one of the hospital’s software systems and recalled immediately, the hospital said in a statement emailed to CBC, adding all copies of the email…