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….
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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…
SG: Undertaking by StarMed Specialist Centre Pte Ltd
The Personal Data Protection Commission of Singapore announced a new undertaking this week. The incident that led to the investigation was a ransomware attack on a medical entity, and findings included that the entity had left RDP open and had weak login credentials, among other concerns. The undertaking was to get them to harden their…
PH: Cashalo hit with data breach, but says accounts not compromised
Xave Gregorio reports: Fintech platform Cashalo reported Saturday it has been hit by a data breach, but assured that accounts and passwords of their users have not been compromised as these have been encrypted. Cashalo said it discovered two days ago that there was “unauthorized access” to a database archive containing some personal data of…
Patient data at risk as doctors communicate with Facebook, WhatsApp
Domanii Cameron reports: Doctors at public and private hospitals are having to consult about their patients via Facebook and messaging apps, prompting calls for a real-time messaging platform. Rural Doctors Association of Australia president John Hall told The Sunday-Mail he had witnessed the issue first-hand while claiming it was widespread practice. Read more on Herald Sun (AU.
Alleged Hydra Market Operators Identified
GeminiAdvisory analysts write: Gemini analysts have found a post by an anonymous author on the hydra[.]expert domain claiming to have uncovered the true identities of the individuals running Hydra, one of the largest Russian-language dark web marketplaces for drugs. While formerly part of Hydra’s infrastructure, hydra[.]expert now appears to be solely dedicated to identifying Hydra’s…