The Record reports: Ukrainian hackers have breached the systems of Skolkovo Foundation, the agency which oversees the high-tech business area located on the outskirts of Moscow. The Foundation was founded and charged by Russian former President Dmitry Medvedev to rival Silicon Valley in the U.S. According to Skolkovo’s statement, the hackers managed to gain limited access…
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Worst cyberattack in Greece disrupts high school exams, causes political spat
AP reports: Greece’s Education Ministry says it has been targeted in a cyberattack described as the most extensive in the country’s history, aimed at disabling a centralized high school examination platform. It said the distributed denial of service, or DDoS, attacks aimed at overwhelming the platform occurred for a second consecutive day Tuesday. The attack…
NHS data breach: trusts shared patient details with Facebook without consent
It seems that the Meta pixel issue that made headlines in the U.S. last June may first be hitting the NHS in the UK. Shanti Das reports: NHS trusts are sharing intimate details about patients’ medical conditions, appointments and treatments with Facebook without consent and despite promising never to do so. An Observer investigation has uncovered a covert tracking…
NT Health throws breach notification obligations out the window; says patients should call them to find out if they were affected?!
According to Northern Territory Health’s website, the Australian government agency manages the Northern Territory public health system, operating across five service delivery regions, six hospitals, 74 health clinics, and seven corporate offices. “As NT Health, we work together as one system in partnership with individuals, families, the community, Aboriginal heath organisations and stakeholders to provide…
UK: Dorchester school’s IT system struck by ransomware attack
Faye Tryhorn reports: A Dorchester school’s been hit by a cyber attack, with hackers demanding a ransom. The Thomas Hardye School’s IT systems and website went down on Sunday night (21st May) with the problem discovered before lessons started on Monday morning. The school remains open, with teaching adapted as needed, and exams continuing as…
IT employee impersonates ransomware gang to extort employer
Bill Toulas reports: A 28-year-old United Kingdom man from Fleetwood, Hertfordshire, has been convicted of unauthorized computer access with criminal intent and blackmailing his employer. A press release published yesterday by the South East Regional Organised Crime Unit (SEROCU) explains that in February 2018, the convicted man, Ashley Liles, worked as an IT Security Analyst…