CNA reports: Data centre operator ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC) has noticed no data loss or impact to its customer service portals following a hacking incident in 2021, it said on Tuesday (Feb 21). Through unspecified means, the hackers made away with login credentials – email addresses and passwords – for customer-support websites for STT…
Category: Non-U.S.
Hackers Start Selling Data Center Logins for Some of World’s Largest Corporations
Jordan Robertson reports: In an episode that underscores the vulnerability of global computer networks, hackers got ahold of login credentials for data centers in Asia used by some of the world’s biggest businesses, a potential bonanza for spying or sabotage, according to a cybersecurity research firm. The previously unreported data caches involve emails and passwords…
Defending Data Breach Claims in Ireland
Colin Monaghan, Anthony Strogen, Deirdre Munnelly, and Rosemary Lynch of Mason Hayes & Curran LLP write: European Union, Ireland February 17 2023 The recent significant Circuit Court decision in the case of Gary Cunniam v Parcel Connect Ltd t/a Fastway Couriers Ireland & Others now provides useful guidance on the view of the Irish Courts in matters related…
Ca: Sobeys admits to data breach in fall 2022, alerts customers and employees
Hafsa Arif provides an update on the ransomware attack on Sobeys, a Canadian supermarket chain, by Black Basta last year: The Maritime-based Empire Co. – parent company of Sobeys – acknowledges customers and employees past and present are receiving letters saying their personal information may have been compromised. Read more at CTV.
UK: Data Leak Hits Thousands of NHS Workers
Phil Muncaster reports: An estimated 14,000 employees at a Liverpool NHS hospital trust have been informed that their data was leaked via email due to human error, according to reports. A file containing sensitive payroll information was sent to hundreds of NHS managers and 24 external accounts, according to an apology letter to victims from…
U.K.: NHS call center advisor found guilty of accessing medical records illegally
From the ICO, this press release: A former 111 call centre advisor has been found guilty and fined for illegally accessing the medical records of a child and his family. Martin Swan, 56, from Pinner, London, worked as a service advisor at the NHS 111 call centre in Southall when he illegally accessed the records….