The Gleaner reports a follow-up on an unsecured storage server exposing personal information and COVID-related information of travelers to Jamaica. The exposed bucket was first reported by Zack Whittaker of TechCrunch on February 17: The storage server, hosted on Amazon Web Services, was set to public. It’s not known for how long the data was…
Category: Non-U.S.
India’s cyber defenses breached and reported; govt. yet to fix it
John Xavier reports that India’s government has been slow to respond to a report by ethical hackers that had been shared with the U.S. Department of Defense Cyber Crime Center (DC3): which initiated contact with the India’s National Critical Infrastructure Information Protection Centre (NCIIPC). Following this, the security team shared its 34-page threat report to…
Personal info compromised at 88 firms in Japan in 2020
Let’s see how things are doing elsewhere. JiJi reports: Personal information was compromised or lost at a total of 88 publicly traded companies and their subsidiaries in Japan in 2020, the highest number since such data began being collected in 2012, according to a survey by Tokyo Shoko Research Ltd. In total, personal information on…
IT: Guarantor for privacy: two hospitals and one AUSL sanctioned
Marco De Felice reports: The Guarantor for privacy has sanctioned two hospitals and an AUSL, they had communicated medical information to the wrong people. The three structures fined are the Sienese University Hospital , the University Hospital of Parma and the Romagna Local Health Authority . The two hospitals received a fine of €10,000, while for the Romagna AUsl the fine was €50,000. ……
Malaysia arrests 11 suspects for defacing government sites
Catalin Cimpanu reports: Malaysian officials announced on Thursday the arrest of 11 suspects believed to be part of a hacktivist group that defaced government websites during late January. The group, calling itself Anonymous Malaysia, defaced 17 websites for local governments and universities, according to posts they made on a Facebook page earlier this month. Read more on ZDNet….
Ca: School division apologizes for privacy breach at Winnipeg Adult Education Centre
CBC reports: Manitoba’s largest school division is apologizing to students at the Winnipeg Adult Education Centre after a privacy breach earlier this week. A link to report cards and other private information for each student was inadvertently emailed to all 400 students at the school, which offers high school credit classes for adult learners. Read more on…