Antoaneta Roussi reports: The European Parliament’s headache over a major human resources data breach earlier this year just won’t fade. Austria-based digital rights group noyb on Thursday said it had filed two complaints against the European Union institution for infringing the bloc’s flagship privacy law, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), over a data breach…
Category: Non-U.S.
From the “I Wouldn’t Hold My Breath Department”
We understand why courts issue such injunctions and rulings, but still… PA News Agency reports: Hackers responsible for a cyber attack that led to more than 10,000 NHS appointments being cancelled have been ordered by a High Court judge to “unmask” themselves and return or delete stolen data. Pathology services provider Synnovis was targeted by…
Number of appointments at NHS trusts impacted by cyber attack passes 10,000
The Jersey Evening Post reported: More than 10,000 appointments have been cancelled at the two London NHS trusts that were worst affected by a cyber attack earlier this summer, new figures have revealed. Pathology services provider Synnovis was the victim of a ransomware attack by Russian cyber gang Qilin on June 3. An update from…
Russian spies hacked UK government systems earlier this year, stole data and emails
Alexander Martin reports: Cyber spies working for Russia’s foreign intelligence service stole internal emails and data on individuals from the British government earlier this year, according to an official description of the incident obtained by Recorded Future News. The breach of the Home Office’s systems has not previously been reported. It followed the Russian hackers…
Belfast Trust investigating patient details data breach at Mental Health unit
Connor Lynch reports: The Belfast Trust is currently investigating a data breach at a mental health unit after pictures were taken of patients’ details through the window of an office. The incident took place at the Rathlin Outpatients ward of the Knockbracken Health Centre when someone entered the grounds and took pictures through an open…
UK: Provisional decision to impose £6m fine on software provider Advanced following 2022 ransomware attack
The following statement by the Information Commissioner’s Office concerns a devastating 2022 ransomware attack by LockBit3.0 on Advanced Computer Software Group (“Advanced”), an IT vendor for the UK’s National Health Service (NHS). Here is the ICO’s statement about Advanced: We have provisionally decided to fine Advanced Computer Software Group Ltd (Advanced) £6.09m, following an initial…