Jonathan Holmes reports: Highly confidential documents from 14 schools have been leaked online by hackers, the BBC can reveal. One of those was Pates Grammar School in Gloucestershire, targeted by a hacking group called Vice Society. The documents, seen by the BBC, include children’s SEN information, child passport scans, staff pay scales and contract details,…
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AU: VIC fire service employees’ hacked details not on dark web. Update: Yet?
Rachel Ward reports: Victoria’s fire service has reassured employees their personal details have not been posted to the dark web after the organisation was hit by a cyber attack. Fire Rescue Victoria’s IT systems, including dispatch, phones and email, were affected when online criminals hacked the service in December. Read more at Kalgoorlie Miner. Update…
Romanian hospital victim of ransomware attack
Radu Dumitrescu reports: The Saint Gheorghe Recovery Hospital in Botoşani, in northeastern Romania, was the target of a ransomware attack in December, and medical activity is still impacted. Hackers demanded 3 Bitcoin for the decryption of the data on the servers. The attack is similar to the one in the summer of 2019, when four…
Jp: Shibuya officials apologize for disrupted services after apparent cyberattack
NHK reports: The Shibuya Ward office in Tokyo has issued a formal apology after an apparent cyberattack disrupted public services on Wednesday. […] On Tuesday, an international hacker group calling themselves “Anonymous” posted on Twitter that “shibuya municipality closes homeless shelter so we close shibuya municipality website.” Read more at NHK.
ANPD Updates Information Security Incident Notification Guidelines
Cristiane Manzueto, Rodrigo Leal, and Flavia Telles of Mayer Brown write: The Brazilian National Data Protection Authority (ANPD) has published new guidelines on information security incident notifications, which are required whenever an incident is likely to create risks or cause significant damages to data subjects. In summary, here are the new updates: A new form for…
Ransomware group claims to have encrypted Centro Médico Virgen De La Caridad
Hive has added yet another medical entity to its leak site. This time, it’s Centro Médico Virgen De La Caridad health system in Cartagena, Spain. The system consists of two hospitals (Cartagena and Caravaca), 20 polyclinics, 23 physiotherapy clinics, and 16 dental clinics throughout Murcia and Orihuela Costa. In addition, the group has one aesthetic…