RTÉ reports: The Health Service Executive’s National Clinical Adviser for Acute Operations has said there is an “enormous risk” across health services following the cyber attack last week which forced a shutdown of the HSE’s IT systems. Speaking on RTÉ’s Morning Ireland, Dr Vida Hamilton said it is a “major disaster” and described it as…
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Nz: New Zealand health service hit by cyber attack
Zach Marzouk reports: A cyber attack hit part of New Zealand’s health service this week, and now hackers who claim to be behind the attack have made contact with health officials. The attack brought down the Waikato District Health Board’s (DHB) complete IT network on Tuesday which resulted in some appointments being cancelled. Read more on ITPro. The…
Nz: Police admit privacy breach after nearly 40 gun licence applicants copied into same email
Mark Quinlivan reports: Police have admitted nearly 40 firearms licence applicants have had their privacy breached. A police spokesperson told Newshub 38 people had been impacted by the “localised” privacy breach after an email was sent advising the recipients to undertake a firearms safety course. Read more on NewsHub.
Irish patients’ data stolen by hackers shows up in negotiation chat
Laura Noonan in Dublin and James Shotter in Warsaw report: Medical and personal information about Irish patients stolen by hackers last week is now being shared online, screenshots and files seen by the Financial Times show. The records offered online by hackers to further their demands for almost $20m in ransom also include internal health…
Cybersecurity incident causes disruption and some delays at Ardagh Group
Global packaging group Ardagh is a supplier of recyclable metal and glass packaging for the world’s leading brands. It operates 57 metal and glass production facilities in 12 countries, employs more than 16,000 people with sales of approximately $7 billion. In 2018, Ardagh deployed Vectra Cognito AI solution. Vectra Cognitio AI uses Machine Learning intelligence…
Crypto exchanges BtcTurk and Pi Network linked to security incidents
CoinTelegraph reports: Major Turkish crypto exchange BtcTurk came forward about a data breach from mid-2018 that leaked sensitive information of over 500,000 users. According to the official announcement, the stolen data set contains BtcTurk users’ names, citizen ID numbers, emails, addresses, birthdates and mobile phone numbers. The stolen data set first appeared on an online…