TAS News Service reports: Muscat: Oman United Insurance Co SAOG, one among the largest insurers in the country has disclosed a “ransomware attack” on the company’s data centre early this month. In a filing to the Capital Market Authority (CMO) on Thursday, the company revealed that its systems were attacked on January 1st and said it…
Category: Non-U.S.
Security researchers — and journalists — need legislative protection in India for disclosing vulnerabilities
If there is anything positive at all about the legal bullshit 1to1Help,net has perpetrated to cover up their data leak and to deflect blame, it is the support I have received from the Internet Freedom Foundation in India. But before diving into that more, a quick update on 1to1Help’s shameful litigation: After reading the court…
Ukraine Says Personal Data Leaked From Government Jobs Portal
Reuters reports: Ukraine’s top state security body acknowledged on Friday that some citizens’ personal data had been leaked from a portal advertising jobs for government employees. The National Security and Defence Council did not specify if the leak was the result of a cyber attack, how much data was involved or who was responsible. But…
Privacy breach in Corner Brook sent to commissioner’s officer for review, next steps Social Sharing
CBC News reports: An investigation into an information leak on the City of Corner Brook’s website is in the hands of the province’s privacy commissioner. An analyst with the provincial office is looking into the report of the breach, and will help determine what the next steps will be for the city. Read more on…
UK: Community order for hacker who stole over 10,000 files from Royal Stoke Hospital
Sometimes even when you try to give people a break or a second chance, they just double down on the problematic behavior…. From the Crown Prosecution Service: A former Royal Stoke Hospital employee, who used malicious software to crack the passwords of his co-workers and access over 10,000 confidential hospital files, has been given a…
Former employees held for data theft from pharma firm in Hyderabad
Express News Service reports: Four persons were arrested by the Cyber Crime wing of Cyberabad police for stealing confidential data from a pharma company. Using the patented data of the firm, the accused manufactured similar products at Visakhapatnam. The accused are Gunturu Srikanth Reddy, Mekala Krishna Reddy, Mekala Venkat Reddy and S Yogeswara Rao. Read…