The West Yorkshire Police provide today’s reminder of the insider threat and the need to terminate access and credentials before you terminate an employee’s employment: A disgruntled IT worker who launched a cyber attack on his employer after he was suspended from work has been jailed. Mohammed Umar Taj began to take revenge on his…
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Battlefords Union Hospitals notifies patients of employee snooping in their records
Today’s reminder of the insider threat comes to us from Battlefords Union Hospitals in Canada. Battlefords Now reports that between October 1, 2024 and April 4, 2025, an operating room scheduler accessed the MedAccess EHR system to look at personal and primary care medical information for hundreds of patients without a legitimate purpose. That same…
Privacy commissioner reviewing reported Ontario Health atHome data breach
CBC reports: Both Ontario’s privacy commissioner and Ontario Health are investigating a reported data breach affecting Ontario Health atHome, the province’s home-care coordination service. The incident may have exposed personal health information for at least 200,000 home-care patients, the Ontario Liberals alleged in a news release Friday morning. The breach occurred on or around March 17 of this year but…
Detaining Hackers Before the Crime? Tamil Nadu’s Supreme Court Approves Preventive Custody for Cyber Offenders
The 420.in reports: The Supreme Court recently upheld the Tamil Nadu government’s decision to invoke preventive detention laws against cybercriminals. Justices Sandeep Mehta and Joymalya Bagchi termed the move “a very welcome approach,” highlighting the urgent need to address the growing threat of online financial fraud through stronger, faster legal mechanisms. […] Preventive detention allows…
Hackers breach Norwegian dam, open valve at full capacity
Catalin Cimpanu reports: Unidentified hackers have breached the systems of a Norwegian dam and opened its water valve at full capacity in an incident this April. The incident took place at the Lake Risevatnet dam near the city of Svelgen in Southwest Norway. The valve ran at full capacity for four hours before the unauthorized change was…
Patient death at London hospital linked to cyber attack on NHS
Rebecca Whittaker reports: The death of a patient has been linked to a cyber-attack on the NHS last year. Cyber criminals attacked two major NHS trusts causing more than 1,000 cancer treatment delays, 2,000 outpatient appointments to be cancelled and more than 1,000 operations postponed. King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust said on Wednesday; a patient died during the cyber…