YLE reports: Helsinki District Court handed a three-month suspended sentence to the former CEO of a psychotherapy firm targeted in a major data breach. The court found the ex-CEO of Vastaamo, Ville Tapio, guilty of a data protection crime because he did not fulfil General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) requirements, in terms of the pseudonymisation and…
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Real estate firm OrangeTee & Tie fined for data breach involving 250,000 customers and employees
CNA reports a follow-up to an attack by ALTDOS that was previously reported by DataBreaches: Real estate agency OrangeTee & Tie has been fined S$37,000 by Singapore’s privacy watchdog after the personal data of more than 250,000 customers and employees was compromised. Names, bank account numbers, property transaction amounts, as well as identity card numbers were…
Investigation underway into cyber attack affecting charities for sexual assault survivors
The Journal reports that a ransomware attack on a data management company in Northern Ireland affects data held by charities and non-profits, including several organizations working with sexual assault survivors. The PSNI has confirmed that it received a report of a cyber incident on 30 March and referred the case to specialist detectives in its…
Ongoing issues at Cornwall Community Hospital from “Cyber Incident”
On April 11, Cornwall Community Hospital (CCH) in Ottawa reported some “network Issues” and for patients to expect some delays as they worked to restore systems. The hospital’s EHR system was not affected by the attack. On April 13, CCH said they had determined that the network issues were a “cyber incident” and external experts…
Indonesian hackers threaten to attack 12,000 government websites
Deccan Chronicle reports: A high alert has been sounded in view of possible attacks on as many as 12,000 Central and state government websites by Indonesian hackers. CERT-In issued an ‘Urgent- High Alert’ warning all Central and state agencies and departments to be alert and report any such incidents to them immediately. Read more at…
Cyberattack cost Ontario town $1.3M, including $290k in Bitcoin ransom
Galen Simmons reports: A cyberattack on the Town of St. Marys that encrypted municipal systems and stole sensitive data cost the local government roughly $1.3 million, including a $290,000 Bitcoin ransom payment made to the hackers, officials have revealed. Two days after the town’s computer systems were crippled in the July 20, 2022, ransomware attack,…