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Personal details of staff released in Social Protection IT breach

Posted on August 12, 2020 by Dissent

Mick Clifford reports: Personal files of staff and former staff members at the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection were leaked in a data breach of one of the department’s IT systems. A malfunction in the system led to confidential information being shared with a wide number of staff in the department, the Irish Examiner has…

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National cyber agency scans the web, detects scores of exposed Israeli databases

Posted on August 12, 2020 by Dissent

Omer Kabir reports: A scanning and detecting system developed by the Israel National Cyber Directorate (INCD) has discovered 145 at risk databases 16 of them containing extremely sensitive private and business information, according to details provided to Calcalist by the government agency. Following the detection, the INCD reached out to the organizations that own and…

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Pakistan Army identifies major cyber attack by India targeting mobile phones of govt, military officials

Posted on August 12, 2020 by Dissent

The News reports: Pakistani intelligence agencies have tracked a major security breach by Indian hackers whereby phones and other gadgets of government officials and military personnel were targeted, the military’s media wind said Wednesday. According to a statement by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the cyber-attack by Indian intelligence agencies involved “a range of cyber…

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Germany Prepares New Law for Patient Data Protection and Increased Digitalisation in Healthcare and for “Data Donations” for Research Purposes

Posted on August 11, 2020 by Dissent

Dr. Adem Koyuncu and Valerie Mei of Covington & Burling write: On 3 July 2020, the German parliament passed a draft bill (German language) for patient data protection and for more digitalisation in the German healthcare system (Patientendaten-Schutz-Gesetz). The draft bill is currently in the legislative procedure and is expected to enter into force in…

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Travelex Forced into Administration After Ransomware Attack

Posted on August 10, 2020 by Dissent

After all these years of reporting on breaches, it’s still unusual to read that a company has folded as a result of a data breach, but we live in different times because of the added burden of the pandemic. Phil Muncaster reports: Ransomware victim Travelex has been forced into administration, with over 1000 jobs set…

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Argentina exposes COVID-19 health data in error

Posted on August 9, 2020 by Dissent

Tim Sandle reports: Argentina’s health officials have apparently exposed personal medical data relating to some 115,000 COVID-19 quarantine exemption applicants, in what represents a major health sector data breach. […] An Elasticsearch database containing personal information of more than 115,000 Argentinians who applied for COVID-19 circulation permits was exposed on the web without a password…

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