Paul Malik reports: Faith in the Test and Protect system could be undermined should data breaches like the one committed by NHS Orkney be repeated, Nicola Sturgeon has warned. Ms Sturgeon was responding to questions after it was discovered more than 50 coronavirus test results were sent “in error” to a local business. As well…
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India’s popular BHIM payments platform reportedly leaks 7M users’ data (UPDATED with NPCI denial)
Ivan Mehta reports: A data leak from India’s BHIM payment app exposed personal data of 7 million Indians including addresses, scans of Aadhar IDs, and caste certificates. A report from cybersecurity company VPN Mentor suggests that this 409GB database was stored in a misconfigured AWS S3 bucket, making all data publicly accessible. The report noted that the…
Security flaw in Qatar’s COVID-19 contact-tracing app ‘put 1m people’s sensitive data at risk’
From Amnesty USA: Serious security vulnerabilities in Qatar’s mandatory contact tracing app, uncovered by Amnesty International, must act as a wake-up call for governments rolling-out COVID-19 apps to ensure privacy safeguards are central to the technology. An investigation by Amnesty’s Security Lab discovered the critical weakness in the configuration of Qatar’s EHTERAZ contact tracing app….
Ransomware Attack Kidnaps Austrian City
Felipe Eraon reports: Malware team, NetWalker, launched a ransomware attack against the Austrian village of Weiz. This attack affected the public service system and leaked some of the stolen data from building applications and inspections. According to the cybersecurity firm, Panda Security, hackers managed to penetrate the village’s public network through phishing emails related to the…
Taiwan government database leaked on dark web
Kelvin Chen reports: It was reported on Friday (May 29) that a government database of more than 20 million Taiwanese citizens was leaked on the dark web. According to researchers at Cyble Inc., Toogod (sic) a “known and reputable actor” was found to have released the data titled, “Taiwan Whole Country Home Registry DB,” onto…
Ransomware attack targets Nipissing First Nation
Michael Lee reports: Nipissing First Nation (NFN) has confirmed it was the victim of a ransomware attack earlier this month that affected the administration’s computers and server. The First Nation provided an update about the attack in the June issue of its monthly newsletter Enkamgak. According to the statement, administration discovered the attack May 8….