A long-running insider snooping breach was first detected by the health authority last year. When the agency investigated, they found an employee had snooped in the records of 880 clients over a period of seven years. The Estevan Mercury reports that as a result of the incident and their findings, the authority has implemented a…
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Ministry Of Health Issues Draft For Healthcare Security Act; Warns Of Five Year Jail, $6,164 Fine On Healthcare Data Breach
Bhumika Khatri reports: In a silent yet tough stance towards data breach, the central government of India has released a draft of Healthcare Security Law under Digital Information in Healthcare Security Act (DISHA) and has invited comments from stakeholders and readers on the same before April 21. In the draft document shared, the Ministry of…
Mastermind behind Carbanak and Cobalt malware attacks on financial institutions arrested in Spain – Europol
The leader of the crime gang behind the Carbanak and Cobalt malware attacks targeting over a 100 financial institutions worldwide has been arrested in Alicante, Spain, after a complex investigation conducted by the Spanish National Police, with the support of Europol, the US FBI, the Romanian, Belarussian and Taiwanese authorities and private cyber security companies….
Fancy Bears hackers linked to foiled cyber attack on UK Anti-Doping Agency
Sean Ingle reports: The UK Anti-Doping Agency has foiled an attempted cyber attack that tried to access confidential medical and drug‑testing data, the Guardian can reveal. The attack, which took place over the weekend, required Ukad’s servers to be rebooted Monday. But its experts are now confident that no data was lost or compromised. Although the…
Il: Group charged with dissemination of privileged information of women they sought to prevent from getting abortions
Insider breaches are global, and attempts to stop women from controlling their own bodies are also, sadly, global. Gilad Morag reports from Israel: The cyber division of State Attorney’s Office charged at the Tel Aviv District Court a medical secretary at a private Be’er Sheva clinic as well as two employees of the Hidabroot for…
Titanium Stresser programmer whose tools caused chaos must repay £70,000 or face further jail time
A computer hacker who was jailed after setting up a business which caused chaos all over the world must pay back nearly £70,000 or face another two years behind bars. Adam Mudd was just 16 when he created his Titanium Stresser program, which was used to carry out more than 1.7 million attacks on websites including…