Rebecca Wright, Ivan Watson and the Visuals Team at CNN report: Imagine a world where your entire family has been detained or imprisoned, but you can’t find out why, or for how long. The police also have your DNA, voice samples and iris scans on file — along with biometric data on your children, your…
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Ie: MTU obtains temporary emergency injunction against BlackCat; Order prohibits anyone from leaking or publishing any confidential data
There is a new development affecting Munster Technological University in Ireland. The school, which disclosed a ransomware incident on February 5, reportedly informed the High Court that AlphV/BlackCat was responsible for the attack, and a high ransom was being demanded. MTU told the court they would not be paying any ransom. The amount of the…
Penang government data leaked online
Predeep Nambiar reports: Over 600,000 “rows of private data” from the Penang government’s official website have allegedly been stolen and uploaded onto the internet. The data was uploaded to a forum known as BreachForums by a user with the handle “LeakBase” on Jan 18, who said it was available for download. Read more at Free…
Patients involved in Nova Scotia mass shooting among those caught up in major privacy breach
Bill Dicks reports: Nova Scotia Health is under the microscope after eight employees were found snooping into medical records. The privacy breaches involve the electronic health records of people associated with the April 2020 mass shooting in Nova Scotia, among others. The Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner says the discoveries were made by…
Health cards’ data stolen from one of Pakistan’s biggest hospitals
Haroon Hayder reports: The Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) in Islamabad has confirmed that the data regarding the Sehat Sahulat Program (health cards) was stolen from the hospital last year. According to reports, the health cards’ data was stolen from the hospital’s Accounts Section. PIMS’ sources have claimed that they have no record of…
Derriford Hospital admits data breach as patient sent list of complaints against hospital
William Telford reports: Health chiefs have admitted a data breach after a patient received a list of people who had made complaints against Plymouth’s Derriford Hospital. Retired horse breeder Jeanette Anderson was stunned when an email from the hospital contained confidential details of complainants including, she said, bereaved families. University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust has…