The Privacy Guarantor has fined the Order of Psychologists of the Lombardy Region [Ordine degli psicologi della Lombardia] for 30 thousand euros for not having adopted adequate technical and organizational measures to guarantee data security. The Guarantor intervened following some complaints and the notification of data breach made by the Order, which declared to have…
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Australian ransomware victims now must tell the government if they pay up
Alexander Martin reports: Australia became on Friday the first country in the world to require victims of ransomware attacks to declare to the government any extortion payments made on their behalf to cybercriminals. The law, initially proposed last year, only applies to organizations with an annual turnover greater than AUS $3 million ($1.93 million) alongside a smaller…
UK: Two NHS trusts hit by cyberattack that exploited Ivanti flaw
It’s been an all-too-common headline over the past decade. Now, two more National Health Service trusts in the U.K. have been impacted by cyberattacks, although there is no indication yet that patient data was accessed or patient services were affected. Emma Woollacott reports: Two NHS trusts have suffered cyber attacks which exposed staff data, prompting…
Russian-linked hackers target UK Defense Ministry while posing as journalists
Martin Fornusek reports: Russian-linked hackers targeted U.K. Defense Ministry staff in an espionage operation while posing as journalists, Sky News reported on May 29, citing the British government. The cyber attack was detected and thwarted, the government said. Speaking to reporters at a government facility where a team had disrupted the Russian-backed operation, U.K. Defense Minister John Healey revealed the…
Estonia launches international search for Moroccan citizen wanted over data theft
ERR reports: The Central Criminal Police and the Office of the Prosecutor General have initiated an international search for a Moroccan citizen suspected of last year unlawfully accessing and downloading data from a customer card system managed by Allium UPI. Allium UPI is the parent company of the Apotheka pharmacy chain. Based on evidence collected…
Dutch Government: More forms of espionage to be a criminal offence from 15 May onwards
From the Government of the Netherlands: More forms of espionage, such as digital and diaspora espionage, are to be a criminal offence from 15 May onwards. To achieve this a new criminal provision is being added to the Dutch Criminal Code. The government wants the law to protect national security, public safety, critical infrastructure and…