Leonard Manson reports: On Tuesday morning (19), the dfndr lab, PSafe’s cybersecurity laboratory, reported a huge leak in a Brazilian database that may have exposed the CPF number and other confidential information of millions of people. According to the experts, who use artificial intelligence techniques to identify malicious links and fake news, the leaked data…
Category: Non-U.S.
An Overview of Cybersecurity Law in Taiwan
John Eastwood, Nathan Snyder, Wendy Chu, David Rosenthal and Lloyd G. Roberts III of Eiger write: 1. GOVERNING TEXTS In Taiwan, there are two main branches of legislation pertaining to information security: legislation on cybersecurity and legislation protecting personal data. While the information security aspects of personal data protection legislation (mainly the PDPA) only apply…
Ucar reveals cyberattack earlier this year
Lesechos reports (translation): The vehicle rental company Ucar revealed on Wednesday January 20 that it had been the target of ransomware earlier this year. The hackers found a gateway into its servers and rushed into it. “The full analysis of the attack, its depth and the associated issues, is still ongoing, ” said Nicolas Martin,…
EDPB Publishes Guidelines on Examples regarding Data Breach Notification
Hunton Andrews Kurth writes: On January 18, 2021, the European Data Protection Board (“EDPB”) released draft Guidelines 01/2021 on Examples regarding Data Breach Notification (the “Guidelines”). The Guidelines complement the initial Guidelines on personal data breach notification under the EU General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) adopted by the Article 29 Working Party in February 2018. The new draft…
Diponegoro University Responds to Student Data Breach Allegation
Translator: Ricky Mohammad Nugraha TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – Diponegoro University (Undip) Semarang on Tuesday revealed that there had been hacking attempts to breach its servers which keeps thousands of its students’ data. They claim that the cyber attacks can be traced back to the Netherlands, China, Hong Kong, and Mexico. They implied that the students’ data is believed to be leaked from…
UK: Trafford bin collection firm suffers major cyber attack with contracts, passports, financial details leaked publicly
Alice Richardson reports: The company in charge of Trafford’s bin collections and cleaning the borough’s street has suffered a major cyber attack and sensitive personal, financial and commercial details have been leaked. Amey PLC, which has a super contract with Trafford council to manage its infrastructure, was targeted by Mount Lock ransomware group in an…