The Malaysian Reserve reports: Malaysia has introduced a Data Breach Notification system for immediate reporting and mitigation of data leaks to prevent citizens from becoming victims of scammers, Deputy Communications Minister Teo Nie Ching said. She said this notification must be submitted by data users who are experiencing personal data leakage incidents, including hacking threats….
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Invasion of the Data Snatchers: B.C. Court of Appeal Clarifies Possible Scope of Privacy Claims Against Data Custodians in Data Breaches
Lyann Danielak, Joshua Hutchinson, and Robin Reinertson of Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP write: On July 4, 2024, the B.C. Court of Appeal issued a duo of class action appeal decisions considering the potential scope of statutory and common law privacy claims against data custodians that fall victim to cyberattacks in data breach cases. In…
RADAR and DISPOSSESSOR shift to R-a-a-S model
In April, Jim Walter of SentinelOne wrote an article about how some ransomware affiliates were teaming up with others to get paid if they had been cheated by previous partners. Perhaps the best-known recent example of this occurred after ALPHV allegedly secured a $22 million ransoms from Change Healthcare and then absconded with the money…
ICO reprimands the Electoral Commission after cyber attack compromises servers
The U.K.’s Information Commissioner’s Office issued the following statement today: We have issued a reprimand to the Electoral Commission after hackers gained access to servers that contained the personal information of approximately 40 million people. In August 2021, hackers successfully accessed the Electoral Commission’s Microsoft Exchange Server by impersonating a user account and exploiting known…
Newborn data allegedly accessed by doctor seeking profit
It’s an old story, but it continues to occur: insiders using data to open their own businesses or practices. This time, 800 people are being notified by Windsor area hospitals in Canada that their babies’ data was “inappropriately accessed” by a pediatrician within Windsor Regional Hospital. Travis Fortnum reports: In a statement sent to CTV…
Pro-Russian Hackers Detained in Spain for Cyberattacks on NATO Allies
EU Today reports: Spain has apprehended three individuals accused of executing cyberattacks as part of a well-known pro-Russian hacker group targeting Ukraine and NATO countries that support Ukraine. The Spanish Civil Guard announced on 20 July that they had detained the suspects in Manacor, Balearic Islands, and in the province of Andalusia. The individuals are alleged to…