Matthias Ang reports: An employee in UOB has disclosed the personal details of 1,166 customers, who are China nationals, as a result of an impersonation scam. According to a press release by the bank, the employee had allegedly been deceived by a China police impersonation scam, leading to the disclosure of the customers’ names, identification and mobile…
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UK: Hospital medic lost boxes of private patient data while conducting study without approval
Jonathan Humphries reports: A senior medic has been suspended after running a clinical trial using sensitive medical information without permission of his hospital. Miguel Martin Garcia, a band 8 physiotherapist at Liverpool Women’s Hospital, used patient consent forms headed with the trust’s branding and carted off boxes of patient records to a private practice. His decision…
FR: Albioma hit by “ransomware type virus”
Albioma is an independent renewable energy producer that is listed on the Paris stock exchange. In a press release today, they write: A “ransomware” type virus attack was detected on Albioma’s IT network on Tuesday, 4 May. Albioma’s IT teams, along with cybersecurity experts, are fully mobilised to restore the situation as soon as possible….
Four Individuals Plead Guilty to RICO Conspiracy Involving “Bulletproof Hosting” for Cybercriminals
Four Eastern European nationals have pleaded guilty to conspiring to engage in a Racketeer Influenced Corrupt Organization (RICO) arising from their providing “bulletproof hosting” services between 2008 and 2015, which were used by cybercriminals to distribute malware and attack financial institutions and victims throughout the United States. According to court documents, Aleksandr Grichishkin, 34, and…
Za: NCape municipality battles devastating ransomware attack
Admire Moyo reports: The Nama Khoi Municipality in the Northern Cape Province is struggling to restore IT systems that were hit by a ransomware attack last year. This was revealed by the municipality’s chief information officer, Brandon Love, in an e-mail interview with ITWeb. According to Love, on Wednesday, 9 December 2020, the municipality’s ICT…
UK: Edinburgh mental health clinic in probe after client information accessed in scam
James Delaney reports: An Edinburgh mental health clinic is at the centre of a probe into a data breach resulting in hundreds of client contact details being accessed as part of a phishing scam. Bosses at The Edinburgh Practice, which offers a range of psychological and psychiatric counselling, were accused of failing to properly notify patients of the…