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…
Category: Non-U.S.
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….
UK: Lancashire County Council has referred itself following a data breach
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….
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)…