LETA reports: The Data State Inspectorate (DVI) has imposed a 300,000 euro fine on SIA “ZZ Dats” in connection with last year’s municipal data breach; the company has appealed the decision in court, the LETA news agency reports. According to the Inspectorate, the data were stored in an information system maintained by ZZ Dats. Upon…
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Bombay High Court Orders Department of Telecommunications to Block Medusa Accounts After Generali Insurance Data Breach
If the court continues issuing such injunctions, the Department of Telecommunications may need an entire department and staff just to respond to these situations. Should the responsibility be on the DoT, or is there a better way? Azdhan reports: The Bombay High Court has granted urgent ad-interim relief to Generali Central Life Insurance Company after the insurer…
Cyber-Attack On Bectu’s Parent Union Sparks UK National Security Concerns
Jake Kanter reports: The cyber-attack on Prospect, the parent union of film and TV group Bectu, has sparked fears that it could have compromised information pertaining to the UK’s national security. Deadline revealed earlier this month that the majority of Prospect’s 150,000 members had their data breached during an “IT security incident” in June. Our original…
Romanian prisoner hacks prison IT system in plot made for a Netflix movie
Over on Risky Biz News, Catalin Cimpanu has a great write-up about how a Romanian prisoner hacked the country’s prison management platform. He writes: The incident took place in August and continued through October. From various reports in Romanian media and a statement released by the national penitentiary police union, the incident appears to have originated in the city of Dej, in Romania’s…
UK: ‘Catastrophic’ attack as Russians hack files on EIGHT MoD bases and post them on the dark web
Lydia Veljanovski and Sean Rayment report: Russian hackers have stolen hundreds of sensitive military documents containing details of eight RAF and Royal Navy bases as well as Ministry of Defence staff names and emails – and posted them on the dark web, The Mail on Sunday can reveal. In what has been described as a ‘catastrophic’ security…
Gov’t seeks police probe of KT for allegedly obstructing data breach investigation
Yonhap News reports: The Ministry of Science and ICT said Monday it has asked the police to investigate allegations that KT obstructed a government probe into the company’s unauthorized mobile payment breaches. In late August, unauthorized mobile payments worth a combined 240 million won ($168,000) were reported in Seoul and nearby areas after the personal…