David Bernal recently had an update on the FocaLeaks incident previously covered by this site and DDoSecrets. On September 22, Bernal reported that Mauricio Arriaza Chicas, director of the National Civil Police (PNC), confirmed that they were conducting an internal investigation into FocaLeaks and a second with the Attorney General’s Office to find the perpetrators….
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Major European call center provider goes down in ransomware attack; not negotiating with Conti
Catalin Cimpanu reports: GSS, the Spanish and Latin America division of Covisian, one of Europe’s largest customer care and call center providers, has suffered a debilitating ransomware attack that froze a large part of its IT systems and crippled call centers across its Spanish-speaking customerbase. Call centers and automated customer support phone services for companies…
QR codes temporarily removed from Sask. COVID-19 vaccine records due to ‘privacy breach’
Kelly Skjerven reports: QR codes are being temporarily removed from residents’ COVID-19 vaccination records due to a situation that eHealth Saskatchewan is treating as a privacy breach. A Saskatchewan government release said they were alerted to an issue downloading patient QR codes. “IT has identified that the COVID-19 vaccination records of up to 19 residents have the potential of…
Police investigating City of Helsinki data breach involving over 140 victims
The Helsinki Times reports: Helsinki police have begun a preliminary investigation into the actions of an employee of the City of Helsinki, who violated data privacy regulations by accessing the personal information of several individuals in the healthcare system without permission. In July, the City revealed that the employee, who worked in the social services and…
Millions of South Africans caught up in security incident after debt recovery firm suffers ‘significant data breach’
Jessica Haworth has more details on a breach previously reported on this site. More than a million South African citizens have potentially had their personal data exposed after a ransomware attack at a debt recovery services firm. The company in question, Debt-IN Consultants, confirmed this week (September 22) that it had been the victim of a cyber-attack which resulted in a…
UK: Second MOD data breach uncovered putting safety of Afghan interpreters at risk
Lizzy Buchan reports that there was a second email gaffe that exposed additional Afghan interpreters. Once again, it seems, email addresses were visible to all addressees instead of being in the blind-copied fields. Some 55 people’s details were revealed, according to the BBC. The disastrous blunder comes after Defence Secretary Ben Wallace was forced to…