BBC reports: Patients’ details were inside a bag which was stolen in an NHS hospital, it has emerged. The bag, which contained the personal information of “a number of patients”, was stolen in Dorset’s Poole Hospital, a report by its trust said. It was “discarded and hidden within the hospital” and the documents recovered, according…
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Securities Investors Association (Singapore) notifies 70,000 members of newly discovered 2013 breach
Benjamin Cher reports: The Securities Investors Association (Singapore) has discovered a data breach that happened five years ago. In an email to its members, SIAS said that some 70,000 members have had their personal particulars illegally accessed and copied in 2013. Data stolen included names, NRIC numbers and telephone numbers of the members. Read more…
Vietnam’s New Cybersecurity Law and Push for Internet Sovereignty Reduces Freedom
Scott Ikeda reports: On June 12th the Vietnamese National Assembly voted in a new cybersecurity law. The legislation did not come easily having gone through more than 12 drafts and much debate in government and the business sector. The claimed purposes of the legislation are to increase Vietnam’s Internet sovereignty, that is the data of…
Demands for full investigation into ‘shocking’ data breach
Allison Morris reports: There have been calls for a “rigorous investigation” into a major PSNI data breach that has resulted in hundreds of pages of private citizens’ details being placed into the hands of loyalists. The Irish News revealed yesterday that the digital files, including internet passwords, were unintentionally given to loyalists under investigation by…
Website Found Selling Data of 250,000 MBBS Applicants For Rs. 1 Lakh
Tushar Mehta reports: A new case of breach of data privacy in India has surfaced in which the data of the applicants of a medical entrance exam is being sold blatantly online. Business Standard reports that a website (Nari Technologies) which offers career counseling has hoarded data of more than 250,000 appearing in National Eligibility…
AU: Patients’ concerns over hacking incident at Ochre Health Wollongong
Lisa Wachsmuth reports: A “cyber incident” at a Wollongong medical centre has patients concerned their records may be lost, or even illegally accessed. GPs at Ochre Health Wollongong have been unable to access their patients’ medical records for two weeks after the incident which has still not been resolved. A spokesperson for Ochre Health has moved…