Amy Farnworth reports: Lancashire County Council has referred itself to the Information Commissioner’s Office following a data breach involving its new HR and finance system. At this point there is no evidence that personal data has been publicly available, only that this information has been visible to internal users should someone want to find it….
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Scots cancer patient hits out after major data breach of medical records at NHS Lothian by staff member
Sarah Vesty reports: A Scots cancer patient had hit out after discovering his confidential medical records were ‘inappropriately’ accessed by a member of NHS Lothian staff amid a major data breach. Martin Laing received a letter from the health board last week informing him of the incident, which is understood to have affected around 90 people. The 57-year-old, who…
Bits ‘n Pieces (Trozos y Piezas)
ES: Cosmetics firm added by LockBit Skin and hair products firm Montibello has been added by LockBit3.0 to their leaks page. The listing was added on February 14th but without any filetree or proof. DataBreaches emailed Montibello to see if they would confirm or deny an attack but received no reply. There is nothing on…
Norway finds a way to recover crypto North Korea pinched in Axie heist
Laura Dobberstein reports: Norwegian authorities announced on Thursday that they had recovered $5.9 million of cryptocurrency stolen in the Axie Infinity hack – an incident widely held to have been perpetrated by the Lazarus Group, which has links to North Korea. The Norwegian National Authority for Investigation and Prosecution of Economic and Environmental Crime (Økokrim)…
Audit: MySejahtera Data Breach Affected Three Million Users
CodeBlue reports: The personal information of millions of MySejahtera users has been exposed after an account authorised for vaccine administration stole data from three million vaccine recipients, revealed a national audit. The latest Auditor-General’s 2021 report (Series 2) tabled in Parliament today revealed that a “Super Admin” account under the MyVAS system, which is used at…
A major global chipmaking supplier claims an employee stole manufacturing secrets
Jess Weatherbed reports: ASML, one of the largest suppliers to the global semiconductor industry and the only supplier of extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography photolithography machines, has revealed that a former employee in China stole information pertaining to its proprietary technology in a data breach. Within its recently published 2022 annual report, the Dutch tech firm said…