Es-CT: Update on Consorci Sanitari Integral Attack by RansomExx Last week, DataBreaches reported an attack on the Consorci Sanitari Integral (CSI) system of hospitals and health centers in Catalonia. Since then, RansomExx claimed responsibility for the attack and claims to have 54 GB of files that include DNI and medical information of patients and employees….
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Australian police secret agents exposed in Colombian data leak by Guacamaya
For the past few weeks, @Chum1ng0 has been reporting on the Guacamaya hacktivists’ activities. They have already caused some consternation and problems in Mexico and Chile. Now there is an even more concerning aspect to the leaks. Bill Toulas reports: Identities of secret agents working for the Australian Federal Police (AFP) have been exposed after…
Ca: Inappropriate pictures of long-term care residents raise questions in House of Assembly
Bernice Hiller reports: Allegations that long-term care staff in the Baie Verte hospital took inappropriate pictures of residents made it to the floor of the House of Assembly, as politicians asked and answered questions about the possible privacy breach. Central Health is investigating the allegations, along with the RCMP and Newfoundland and Labrador’s privacy commissioner. Read more…
NHS vendor Advanced won’t say if patient data was stolen during ransomware attack
Carly Page reports: Advanced, an IT service provider for the U.K.’s National Health Service (NHS), has confirmed that attackers stole data from its systems during an August ransomware attack, but refuses to say if patient data was compromised. Advanced first confirmed the ransomware incident on August 4 following widespread disruption to NHS services across the U.K. The attack…
Australia’s Medibank reports cyber incident, shares on trading halt
Reuters reports: Australian health insurer Medibank Private (MPL.AX) said on Thursday it will isolate and remove access to some customer-facing systems as it detected unusual activity on its network. The company said it took “immediate steps to contain the incident, and engaged specialised cybersecurity firms”, adding that there was no evidence that any sensitive data,…
Hackers target SingTel’s Dialog after huge Optus data breach
Angus Whitley reports: A second Australian business owned by Singapore Telecommunications suffered a cyberattack, compounding the data-security crisis at the company following the huge data breach at mobile phone operator Optus. A hack on technology consulting company Dialog, which SingTel bought earlier this year, may have accessed data on fewer than 20 clients and 1000…