Graham Cluley reports: A data breach involving the Dutch city of Eindhoven left the personal information related to almost all of its citizens exposed. As Eindhovens Dagblad reports, two files containing the personal data of 221,511 inhabitants of Eindhoven were accessible to unauthorised parties for a period of time last year. Everyone who lives in the Netherlands…
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LifeLabs to appeal court’s decision to release Ontario IPC and BC OIPC breach investigation report
The Office of the Information & Privacy Commissioner for British Columbia issued the following statement on May 23 about a case that raises issues of transparency and claims of privileged information: LifeLabs has announced that it is seeking leave to appeal a court ruling upholding the decision of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario…
Za: Justice department suffers another cyber attack
Admire Moyo reports: The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development (DJ&CD) has suffered a cyber security incident affecting child maintenance payments. In a statement yesterday, the department advised the public its electronic payment system for third-party funds, including child maintenance, has been temporarily suspended following attempts to compromise the system. According to the department, an…
First Nations Health Authority detected and interrupted attack by INC ransomware group
On May 22, INC ransomware added First Nations Health Authority to its leak site with screenshots as proof of claims. On the same day, First Nations Health Authority (FNHA) disclosed it is currently investigating a cybersecurity incident that it first detected on May 13. “We took immediate action to investigate this activity and intercepted an unauthorized…
Police Service of Northern Ireland facing £750k fine following data breach that exposed personal information of more than 9,000 staff
Suzanne McGonagle reports: The PSNI is facing a £750,000 fine following the spreadsheet error that exposed the personal information of its entire workforce. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) said the fine comes after information relating to more than 9,000 serving PSNI officers and staff was published online in August last year. An investigation by the…
An Israeli City Hid a Crippling Cyberattack From the Public. It Was Just the Beginning
Omer Benjakob, Aaron Rabinowitz, and Ran Shimoni report: One Friday morning in January, office telephones in the city hall of Modi’in Ilit fell silent. Employees who were in the building quickly realized that something unusual was happening. They were locked out of their computers, unable to access files and emails. The reason only became clear…