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Brazil’s Hapvida Discloses Cyber Breach, Potential Client Data Leak

Posted on July 6, 2020 by Dissent

Reuters reports: Brazilian health insurer Hapvida said in a securities filing on Monday it has suffered a cyber attack potentially involving access to the personal information of its customers. Hapvida said, after a preliminary assessment of the security breach, that the attackers did not access customers’ medical records or financial information. Read more on U.S….

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Data breach at Canadian insurance firm exposes personal information

Posted on July 5, 2020 by Dissent

Jessica Haworth reports: A security breach at a Canadian insurance firm may have exposed the personal data of clients, the company warns. Heartland Farm Mutual, which provides insurance for agricultural businesses across Canada, says a “small number” of personal records may have been accessed by an unknown party during the incident. Read more on The Daily…

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Hackers hijack Twitter account of Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, offer to sell stolen data

Posted on July 5, 2020 by Dissent

Graham Cluley writes: Normally the official Twitter account of Russia’s Foreign Ministry’s Crisis Management Centre does not make for the most fascinating read. Normally @MID_travel simply retweets messages from other Russian government departments or embassies, as it offers advice on how Russian citizens can remain safe abroad. But on July 2nd, the account was compromised by hackers…

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China Issued the Draft Data Security Law

Posted on July 4, 2020 by Dissent

Yan Luo and Zhijing Yu of Covington & Burling write: On July 2, 2020, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress of China (“NPC”) released the draft Data Security Law (“Draft Law”) for public comment.  The release of the Draft Law marks a step forward in establishing a regulatory framework for the protection of broadly defined…

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UK: Second NHS data leak to be fully investigated

Posted on July 4, 2020 by Dissent

The Orcadian reports: Another data breach at NHS Orkney has led to a confidential health board file being inadvertently sent to a member of the local press, in what has been described by the health authority’s new interim chief executive as a “regrettable” error. Michael Dickson, who is set to arrive in Orkney today, Friday,…

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Serious data privacy breach at DU admit card 2020 download portal, students’ personal details available

Posted on July 3, 2020 by Dissent

Roshni Chakrabarty reports: Early on Thursday, two Twitter users pointed out the serious data privacy breach problems arising in the DU admit card 2020 download portal, which is part of the official Delhi University website. Anyone with the ‘gateway password’ can download the admit cards of all students in any Delhi University college. Read more…

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