Suzanne McGonagle reports: The PSNI is facing a £750,000 fine following the spreadsheet error that exposed the personal information of its entire workforce. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) said the fine comes after information relating to more than 9,000 serving PSNI officers and staff was published online in August last year. An investigation by the…
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An Israeli City Hid a Crippling Cyberattack From the Public. It Was Just the Beginning
Omer Benjakob, Aaron Rabinowitz, and Ran Shimoni report: One Friday morning in January, office telephones in the city hall of Modi’in Ilit fell silent. Employees who were in the building quickly realized that something unusual was happening. They were locked out of their computers, unable to access files and emails. The reason only became clear…
Ransomware group says it will release stolen London Drugs data if it doesn’t get $25M in 48 hours
Michael John Lo reports: A ransomware gang is threatening to release confidential data it claims to have stolen from London Drugs if it isn’t paid $25 million by Thursday. The retailer and pharmacy chain closed all of its 79 stores in Western Canada after a cybersecurity breach was discovered on April 28. Stores, including ones…
UK to propose mandatory reporting for ransomware attacks and licensing regime for all payments
“Mother, May I?” UK entities may need permission to make ransom payments. Alexander Martin reports: Officials in Britain are set to propose a major overhaul of how the country responds to ransomware attacks by requiring all victims to report incidents to the government, and then obliging those victims to seek a license before making any…
Fi: Hacker could have personal information of every schoolkid in Helsinki, City says
YLE News reports: The perpetrator of a major hacking of the City of Helsinki’s education division’s database could have accessed the personal information of all compulsory school aged children in the capital, as well as their parents or guardians, the city has revealed in a press release. City authorities announced last week that the data breach affected about…
UK NCSC and Insurance Associations Publish Guidance on the Approach to Ransom Payments
Financial and insurance organizations have been under increasing attack by Scattered Spider. Now there is more guidance for entities. Hunton Andrews Kurth notes: On May 14, 2024, the UK National Cyber Security Centre (“NCSC”) and three major UK insurance associations (Association of British Insurers (“ABI”), British Insurance Brokers’ Association (“BIBA”) and International Underwriting Association (“IUA”)),…