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Pharma data breaches should stop once data protection law comes into force

Posted on October 29, 2020 by Dissent

Na Vijayshankar reports: Three major cyber attacks in the Indian pharma industry in the last few months have left people wondering whether there is a pattern indicating the reason for this spurt. First was the Breach Candy Hospital one in February 2020 where over 121 million medical records were compromised. Of these, 120 million were…

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Sodinokibi ransomware group hits the Hanover Chamber of Crafts

Posted on October 28, 2020 by Dissent

The following is a Google translation of the Hanover Chamber of Crafts’  statement: Hanover, October 26, 2020 . Despite high IT security according to international standards, the networks of the Hanover Chamber of Crafts at all four locations as well as the wholly owned subsidiary Projekt- und Servicegesellschaft were hit by an extortionate Trojan from the group…

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Russian Turla hackers breach European government organization

Posted on October 28, 2020 by Dissent

Sergiu Gatlan reports: Russian-speaking hacking group Turla has hacked into the systems of an undisclosed European government organization according to a new Accenture Cyber Threat Intelligence (ACTI) report. This attack perfectly lines up with Turla’s information theft and espionage motivation and its persistent targeting of government-related entities from a wide range of countries. Read more on BleepingComputer.

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Security Blueprints of Many Companies Leaked in Hack of Swedish Firm Gunnebo

Posted on October 28, 2020 by Dissent

Brian Krebs has additional information on the Gunnebo attack mentioned yesterday in discussing the leak of security-related files concerning the Swedish parliament: In March 2020, KrebsOnSecurity alerted Swedish security giant Gunnebo Group that hackers had broken into its network and sold the access to a criminal group which specializes in deploying ransomware. In August, Gunnebo said it…

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PH: NPC to allow data breach victims to apply for cease-and-desist orders

Posted on October 28, 2020 by Dissent

Jenina P. Ibañez reports: Victims of personal data breaches may request cease-and-desist orders from the National Privacy Commission (NPC) if the breach violates their privacy rights and causes “irreparable injury.” The NPC, in circular no. 20-02 signed on Oct. 6, said that it may issue such orders in the event of violations or threats to…

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German Infectious Disease Agency Hit by Hackers Days Before Arson Attack: Spiegel

Posted on October 28, 2020 by Dissent

Reuters reports: Germany’s Robert Koch Institute for infectious disease control was hit by a cyber attack days before its headquarters was the target of an arson attempt, Der Spiegel reported on Wednesday. The news weekly, citing the Federal Centre for Information Technology, said the website was knocked out for two hours on Oct. 22 by…

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