William Zheng reports: China’s customs authority has launched an internal investigation into an allegation that sensitive business data it had collected from Chinese car parts suppliers was obtained by a foreign company, according to three sources with knowledge of the matter. Customs data managers have also been told to review and step up security, they…
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Chinese Hackers Steal Personal Data of Half of Taiwan’s Workforce, What Next?
Krishnendu Banerjee reports: Amid escalating tensions between China and Taiwan, Chinese hackers have allegedly stolen data of nearly six million Taiwanese. The largest data breach in the country’s history, Chinese hackers targeted a Taiwanese job bank and sold the data on the dark web as per authorities. […] During the search, authorities found an account…
Hackers Steal Swiss University Salaries
Fahad Shabbir reports: As yet unidentifed hackers have managed to steal employee salary payments at several Swiss universities, officials said Sunday. “According to our information, several top schools in Switzerland have been affected,” Martina Weiss, director general of the rectors group of Switzerland’s public universities, told AFP. The hackers used information obtained by phishing — tricking a person into passing on their personal…
Hackers Take Advantage of India’s Loose Data Privacy Laws
SiliconIndia reports: India has some of the loosest data policy laws on the planet. Hackers have seen these loose data privacy laws as the opening they need to steal data and sell it on the black market. Regulations are changing, but many experts that are seeing the importance of data protection feel that they are not moving…
Transport Malta hit by cyberattack, recovers after 5 days
Transport Malta was hit by a cyberattack during the night between September 25 and 26. They would only admit to a technical problem and gave no further details at the time, but 5 days later, the system is now back up and running. But they’re still not saying what happened or how. h/t, @Chum1ng0
Ca: Two Telus Health medical service providers pay ransom after 60K client files accessed
David Paddon reports: The Medisys Health Group and its affiliate Copeman Healthcare say they paid an unspecified ransom to retrieve personal information for about 60,000 clients after detecting a security breach on Aug. 31. An email from Medisys head office in Montreal says privacy officials were notified Sept. 4, four days after the breach was…