Imogen Howse reports: Russia is suspected to have been behind a cyber attack which exposed the data of tens of millions of voters in the UK, raising fears it was an attempt to undermine democracy. The Electoral Commission admitted on Tuesday (8 August) that hackers had been able to access reference copies of electoral registers from between the years…
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Outrage at massive police data breach that saw the personal details of more than 10,000 PSNI officers and staff accidentally published online
Daisy Graham-Brown reports: Police in Northern Ireland have been involved in a data breach ‘of monumental proportions’ affecting thousands of officers and civilian staff. The major breach reportedly involves names, ranks and other personal data from employees of the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI), but does not involve the officers’ and civilians’ private addresses, it is…
Il: Cyberattack shuts down Bnei Brak hospital’s computers
JNS reports: Mayanei Hayeshua Medical Center in Bnei Brak was hit by a cyberattack on Monday night, Israel’s Health Ministry announced on Tuesday morning. The hospital’s administrative computers were shut down in what was described as a ransomware attack. The ultra-Orthodox hospital, located east of Tel Aviv, said medical equipment was not affected by the…
Pt: SESARAM confirms cyberattack on region’s health service, suspends non-urgent activity Monday
Iolanda Chaves reports (machine translated): SESARAM has just issued a statement confirming the occurrence of a “deliberate and malicious cyberattack with the sole objective of causing damage and disrupting the normal functioning of the Regional Health Service of the Autonomous Region of Madeira”. “The internal functioning of SESARAM is thus affected, compromising some areas”, underlines…
Authorities dealt with leak of data for 2 million Egyptian patients: Health minister
Ahram Online reports: Minister of Health and Population Khaled Abdel-Ghaffar confirmed that the security agencies have dealt with the leak of the personal data of 2 million Egyptian patients which are being sold online. In statements to the local news website Cairo 24, Abdel-Ghaffar said the leak occurred two months ago, stressing that the authorities will take…
NITDA warns of cyber-attack on Nigerian government infrastructure
Aghogho Udi reports: The National Information Technology Development Agency (NIDTA) has alerted the public of the activities of cyber criminals targeting important digital infrastructure in the country. This was disclosed via a press statement signed by the head of corporate affairs and external relations Mrs. Hadiza Umar this afternoon. Read more at NairaMetrics.com. This appears to be…