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Polish SA: record fine of almost $1.2 million imposed on Fortum Marketing and Sales Polska S.A. for personal data breach

Posted on March 19, 2022 by Dissent

Seen at the European Data Protection Board, a decision from the Polish S.A.: Background information Date of final decision: 19 January 2022 Cross-border case or national case: National Case. Controller:  Fortum Marketing and Sales Polska S.A. Legal Reference: Integrity and confidentiality (Art. 5(1)(f)), Responsibility of the controller (Art. 24(1)), Data protection by design and by…

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Ca: Conviction for Illegal Disclosure of Health Information

Posted on March 19, 2022 by Dissent

From the Office of the Information & Privacy Commissioner of Alberta, a new decision: A former Covenant Health employee pleaded guilty to knowingly disclosing health information in contravention of HIA. Samantha Barker was fined $1,500 for the offence under HIA. She also admitted to accessing health information of several people without a valid employment purpose….

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A security lapse exposed India’s CISF personnel files and health records

Posted on March 19, 2022 by Dissent

Zack Whittaker reports: Internal documents, officer health records, and personnel files belonging to India’s Central Industrial Security Force were spilling online because of a data security lapse. A security researcher in India, who asked not to be named for fear of retaliation from the Indian government, found a database packed with network logs generated by…

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Russian pipeline company Transneft hit by data leak dedicated to Hillary Clinton

Posted on March 18, 2022 by Dissent

Corin Faife reports: As the Russian invasion of Ukraine moves into its third week, unconventional actors continue to target Russian state-backed businesses with a string of hacks and data leaks — the latest apparently referencing pro-hacktivism comments made by Hillary Clinton. The targeted organization is Transneft, the Russian state-controlled oil pipeline giant. On Thursday, leak hosting website…

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Health insurance: Data of more than 500,000 people stolen in France

Posted on March 18, 2022 by Dissent

Hannah Thompson reports: The health data of more than half a million people in France have been stolen from insurance body l’Assurance maladie after the accounts of healthcare staff were hacked. The 19 accounts, mainly belonging to pharmacists, were hacked after their email addresses were compromised. Data stolen include the names, surnames, date of birth,…

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TransUnion hackers demand R224-million ransom — threaten to leak Absa, FNB, Standard Bank data

Posted on March 18, 2022 by Dissent

MyBroadband follows up on a story initially broken by ITWeb yesterday. They now report: The South African division of US-based consumer credit bureau TransUnion has suffered a ransomware attack. In a statement on Thursday, the company acknowledged that a third party had gained access to one of its servers through misuse of an authorised client’s credentials. “We…

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