Cynthia Kim reports: South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Coinrail said it was hacked over the weekend, sparking a steep fall in bitcoin amid renewed concerns about security at virtual currency exchanges as global policy makers struggled to regulate trading in the digital asset. Read more on Reuters.
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MY: Putrajaya’s exam portal shut down, after data breach affecting millions
Zurairi Ar reports: The Ministry of Education’s School Examination Analysis System (SAPS) was taken offline yesterday, following the discovery of a security exploit that could have potentially exposed the personal details of more than 10 million citizens. Malay Mail was alerted of the vulnerability on Friday evening by a reader, who insisted on remaining anonymous…
UK: Data leak fears raised over dumped Portsmouth City Council computers ‘that may have not been wiped’
Fiona Callingham reports: Portsmouth City Council could face hefty fines under General Data Protection Regulations after it was discovered that for the past two years contractors have not been obliged to erase data when removing old computer drives. Auditors revealed the discrepancy in a report that was discussed at today’s governance and audit and standards…
Yahoo’s EU regulator orders privacy changes over data breach
Padraic Halpin reports: Yahoo’s European regulator has ordered it to make privacy changes following a probe into what it said was one of the largest ever data breaches to impact EU citizens. […] It ordered the internet company to take specified actions, including ensuring that all its data protection policies take account of the applicable…
UK: Bible Society fined £100,000 by ICO after security failings put 417,000 supporters’ personal data at risk
The British and Foreign Bible Society, based in Swindon, has been fined £100,000 by the Information Commissioner’s Office, after their computer network was compromised as the result of a dharma variant ransomware attack in 2016. Between November and December 2016, the intruders used a brute force attack and exploited remote access that had been secured…
UK: Patient information stolen from Dorset HealthCare employee’s car
Josh Wright reports: The loss of medical information relating to as many as 50 patients has sparked fears about the security of people’s private records. Personal details belonging to between 11 and 50 patients of the trust which were kept on a notepad were stolen along with a laptop belonging to a Poole-based employee of…