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,…
Category: Non-U.S.
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…
Johnson Fitness and Wellness hit by DESORDEN Group
In what has become a familiar event, DESORDEN Group announced yet another attack on a multinational corporation. This time, their target was Johnson Fitness and Wellness, a subsidiary of Johnson Health Tech. Co., Ltd. Johnson Health Tech manufactures exercise training equipment and is listed on the Taiwan stock exchange; Johnson Fitness is headquartered in the…
N.L. Centre for Health Information AGM sidesteps cyberattack details, doesn’t allow live questions
Rob Antle reports: The agency in charge of safeguarding health information in Newfoundland and Labrador held its first annual general meeting since last fall’s cyberattack, but there were no updates what happened or what’s since been done to protect patient data. The tightly scripted event — held on the Friday afternoon before a long holiday weekend,…
UK: Home Office warned after sensitive documents left at London venue
The ICO has issued a formal reprimand to the Home Office, after sensitive documents were found at a public London venue. The documents, which were handed by venue staff to police in September 2021, included two Extremism Analysis Unit Home Office reports and a Counter Terrorism Policing report. The reports contained personal data, including that of…
Bits ‘n Pieces (Trozos y Piezas)
Gt: Update on VSOP attack on Guatemala’s foreign ministry Last week, DataBreaches reported that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Guatemala was a victim of a VSOP attack. The government confirmed an attack on October 5. Services have been restored: Currently, the services are working, which has allowed us to provide uninterrupted attention to all…