ET reports: Breaching cyber security a malware attack on 100 computers of the National Informatics Centre (NIC) was reported on Friday. The government’s nodal agency NIC is responsible for securing critical cyber-infrastructure in the country and comes under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY). Read more on ET.
Category: Non-U.S.
Ca: Regina clinic failed to notify patients of privacy breach, says commissioner
Mark Melnychuk reports: An investigation by Saskatchewan’s privacy commissioner found that a Regina medical clinic did not notify patients when a doctor’s dictation machine containing personal health information went missing a year ago. According to the report filed on Sept. 15, Saskatchewan Information and Privacy Commissioner Ronald J. Kruzeniski wrote that his office was notified…
Anglicare Sydney being held to ransom over sensitive data stolen from computer system
Ursala Malone reports: Anglicare Sydney has confirmed that it is being held to ransom over a large amount of potentially sensitive information that has been stolen from its computer system. The not-for-profit organisation holds records on adoption and foster care as well as counselling and mental health services. Read more on ABC (AU). The organization…
Ontario nurses’ regulatory body investigating ‘cyber security incident’
Kate Dubinski reports: The College of Nurses of Ontario (CNO) has been dealing with a “cyber security incident” that may have compromised the personal information of its almost 200,000 members, CBC News has learned. The name of the college and some of the information hackers say they have access to appears on a website associated with…
Did ransomware threat actors hit a German medical clinic by mistake? Either way, someone died as a result.
It was our nightmare realized: a medical center was completely paralyzed by a ransomware attack and someone died as a result (SEE UPDATE2 below for correction on that). As of last week, the University Clinic in Düsseldorf reported that it was in a state of emergency. Operations had been canceled, and ambulances had to be…
Chinese Tech Giant Alibaba’s Servers Found To Be Involved In Data Theft, At-least 72 Servers Sending Data To China
Swarajya reports: Top intelligence sources have told media that Chinese data cloud servers are sending data of Indian users to China, and that the Chinese technology giant Alibaba’s equipment in India may be involved in this. Officials speaking to News18 network have reportedly disclosed that ‘all sensitive and ancillary forms of data’ are sent to remote servers…