22 November 2021 Background information Date of final decision: 14 October 2021 Cross-border case or national case: National case Controller: Bank Millennium S.A. Legal Reference: Notification of a personal data breach to the supervisory authority (Article 33(1)), Communication of a personal data breach to the data subject (Article 34(1)) Decision: Infringement of the GDPR, fine…
Category: Non-U.S.
Dk: Wind turbine giant Vestas confirms data breach following ‘cybersecurity incident’
Adam Bannister reports: Vestas, the world’s largest supplier of wind turbines, has revealed that data has been compromised following a suspected cyber-attack. In a statement posted today (November 22), the Danish energy giant said it “has already initiated a gradual and controlled reopening of all IT systems” after shutting down several operational IT systems as a precaution following…
Iran’s Mahan Air says its has foiled a cyber attack – TV
Reuters reports: A cyber attack against Iranian private airline Mahan Air has been foiled, Iranian state media reported on Sunday, adding that the airliner’s flight schedule was not affected by the attack. The carrier, blacklisted by Washington in 2011 over support it provided to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, said in a statement that it…
Former UK doctor sentenced for voyeurism and unauthorized access to computer material
Sean Davies reports: A perverted doctor was jailed for two years and eight months for spying on housemates, friends, colleagues and hacking the details of 2000 potential women victims. Vinesh Godhania used a tiny pin-hole camera to secretly record women having sex, showers and using the bathroom at his address. He covertly filmed doctors, nurses…
Yemeksepeti Hacked Again? Ransom Demanded, Claims Disputed
Michael Lewis reports: Yemeksepeti, which was hacked last March and whose data was stolen, was again attacked by a hacker group. As a result of the said attack, user data was captured along with many metrics. Among the captured information usernames, phone numbers, addresses, registered credit cardslast 4 digits of yellow is located. It is stated that the number of…
Ransomware threat actors dump NHS records on the ‘dark web’: Highly sensitive medical documents are leaked online after hackers’ £3million Bitcoin ransom is rejected
Last week, this site reported that a U.K. fertility clinic had been impacted by an attack on Stor-a-File, their document scanning vendor. This week, there was more bad news for Stor-A-File clients. Michael Powell, Molly Clayton, and Kevin O’Sullivan report that Clop threat actors have dumped sensitive files on their dark web leak site when…