Manuel Torres and Zhang, Dun of Garrigues write: Shenzhen, the leading financial and production center for China and home of many Chinese internet and tech giants such as Huawei, Tencent and DJI, enacted its regional data protection law, ‘Data Regulation of the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone’ (Shenzhen Data Regulation) on June 29, 2021. Shenzhen Data…
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AU: Cyber-attackers partially knockout Australian education department, while unrelated leak impacts Blackboard Collab users
While New South Wales’ new COVID outbreak is causing problems, it has other problems as well. On July 9, GRC World Forums reported: The New South Wales (NSW) department of education in Australia has deactivated some internal systems after becoming the victim of a cyber-attack. The timing has created considerable challenges for staff as they…
Ca: Data theft from Meals on Wheels reveals gap in provincial privacy legislation, expert says
Charles Rusnell and Jennie Russell report: The theft of a charity’s entire database containing the personal information of more than 27,000 clients, donors, volunteers and employees reveals a major gap in Alberta’s privacy legislation, an expert says. In a letter sent to those affected in early June, Meals on Wheels said it called Edmonton police on…
Ie: Delayed cancer diagnoses fears over HSE cyberattack backlog
Niamh Griffin reports: Two months on from the cyberattack on the HSE and the consequences for patients are only starting to emerge, health professionals have warned. Vice-president of the Irish Hospital Consultants Association, Professor Rob Landers, said the IHCA has specific concerns around delayed cancer diagnoses. “If there is a high suspicion that a patient…
Iran’s Rail Service Allegedly Hacked With Fake Delay Messages Urging Users To Call Khamenei
Aanchal Nigam reports: Iran’s railroad service became a victim of a cyberattack on July 9 with hackers posting fake delay messages or cancellations on display boards at stations across the country. A semi-official news agency in Iran reported that the hackers had sent messages such as “long delayed because of cyberattack” or “cancelled” on the…
Ca: Horizon employee fired after ‘significant privacy breach’ at Charlotte County Hospital
Bobbi-Jean MacKinnon reports: A Horizon Health Network employee has been fired after they “inappropriately accessed” the personal health information of 1,251 people at Charlotte County Hospital in St. Stephen, N.B., allegedly “out of curiosity.” In a statement, Horizon’s vice-president of quality and patient-centred care, Margaret Melanson, describes the situation as a “significant privacy breach.” Read…