(Google translation:) Why falsify vaccination cards when you can issue certificates yourself? Shortly before Christmas, pharmacies are apparently the target of a phishing attack: Fraudsters send an email to the owners asking them to log into the DAV portal and confirm the new terms and conditions. The aim is apparently to formulate the login data. Pharmacist Dr. Thomas…
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Health Ministry of Brazil Hit by Two Ransomware Attacks in One Week; Vaccination Data Stolen & Taken Offline
Scott Ikeda reports: While it is far from uncommon for an organization to announce that it has been hit by a ransomware attack, two in one week is an unusual event. Brazil’s Health Ministry is looking at extended downtime for the system that processes Covid-19 vaccination data as it attempts to recover from this exact…
Pain and Suffering for a Data Breach? German Court Issues First Decision of Its Kind in Europe.
Odia Kagan of Fox Rothschild writes: A German Court has ordered pain and suffering damages as a result of a data breach, the first decision of its kind in Europe. According to the judgment, Scalable Capital has to pay the plaintiff, represented by consumer organization EuGD Europäische Gesellschaft für Datenschutz mbH, € 2,500 in damages…
Massive data breach exposes wage and personal info of more than 637,000 Albanian residents
Tirana Times reports: A massive data breach with sensitive information on the salaries and personal information of 637,138 residents working in the private and public sectors has raised alarm bells among Albanian law enforcement, political representatives and residents. The Tirana Prosecutor’s Office is investigating the leak that appears to have come from the tax administration…
Ransomware attacks on CompuGroup Medical SE & Co. KGaA
Guenni reports: [German]CompuGroup Medical SE & Co. KGaA, a major medical services provider, has been the victim of a cyberattack. The Koblenz-based medical services provider admitted as much on Monday, Dec. 20, 2021. The internal IT systems are likely affected, which should affect some doctors, pharmacies, labs and clinics if they want to contact the…
Ca: Big White issues data breach alert
David Wylie reports: A potential data breach due to possible malware on Big White’s servers has prompted an alert from the resort’s CEO. In an email sent Monday to all vendors and suppliers to Big White, including the resort’s utilities, president and CEO of Big White Peter Plimmer said the company’s servers experienced “an unauthorized…