Zack Whittaker reports: A security lapse by a Jamaican government contractor has exposed immigration records and COVID-19 test results for hundreds of thousands of travelers who visited the island over the past year. The Jamaican government contracted Amber Group to build the JamCOVID19 website and app, which the government uses to publish daily coronavirus figures and allows…
Category: Non-U.S.
Hogeschool van Amsterdam and the University of Amsterdam hit in cyberattack
Emerce reports (translation): Unknown third parties have gained access to the ICT environments of the Hogeschool van Amsterdam and the University of Amsterdam, the Security and Operations Center has found. Measures are taken to limit the consequences and to ensure that education and research can proceed as undisturbed as possible. The schools have disabled several systems as…
Ca: Simon Fraser University warns cyberattack exposed personal information of about 200,000 students, staff and alumni
CBC reports: Simon Fraser University is warning its school community about a cyberattack that breached a server which stored information on student and employee ID numbers and other data, including admissions or academic standing. The school says about 200,000 people were affected by the breach. The university said its Information Technology Services staff discovered the…
Thousands of CityBee users have their personal data leaked online
Matthew Holroyd reports: Police in Lithuania are investigating after the personal data of 110,000 people was leaked to an online hacker website. The car-sharing service, CityBee, confirmed the records and information of thousands of its customers had been compromised in the incident. Read more on EuroNews.
UK: Breach of NHS Lothian colleague’s medical records linked to staff member at Edinburgh Royal Hospital
Elsa Maishman reports: An investigation has been launched by Police Scotland after the medical records of more than 150 NHS Lothian staff members were “inappropriately accessed” by a colleague, the Scotsman reported. After a delay in searching for a record of the incident, due to NHS Lothian being unable to provide certain details over fears…
French IT monitoring company’s software targeted by hackers
Reuters reports: Hackers have spent up to three years breaking into organizations by targeting monitoring software made by the French company Centreon, France’s cybersecurity watchdog said Monday. The watchdog, known by its French acronym ANSSI, stopped short of identifying the hackers but said they had a similar modus operandi as the Russian cyberespionage group nicknamed…