Aghogho Udi reports: The National Information Technology Development Agency (NIDTA) has alerted the public of the activities of cyber criminals targeting important digital infrastructure in the country. This was disclosed via a press statement signed by the head of corporate affairs and external relations Mrs. Hadiza Umar this afternoon. Read more at NairaMetrics.com. This appears to be…
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B.C. health-care workers’ private information subject to data breach
Penny Daflos reports: Thousands of health-care workers’ personal information has been compromised in a data breach that’s targeted servers at the Health Employers Association of BC. Hackers had access to the HEABC system from May 9 to June 10, and the breach wasn’t detected until July 13, according to the association. Read more at CTV.
NHS Staff Reprimanded For WhatsApp Data Sharing
Phil Muncaster reports: An NHS trust has been reprimanded by the UK’s data protection regulator after it was discovered that staff had been sharing patient details on an unapproved app for two years. Some 26 staff at NHS Lanarkshire accessed the WhatsApp group between April 2020 and April 2022, entering sensitive patient data including names,…
NZ privacy commissioner learnt about ‘serious’ breach from the media
Jonathan Killick reports: The Privacy Commissioner is “frustrated” to have learnt about a “serious” privacy breach through the media, relating to the email addresses of 147 firearms owners being spilled. In July, it was reported that the email addresses of licence holders were to sent to each other after a list of addresses was pasted in the…
PHI Database: Portal for Health Informatics – IIIT Delhi shared on Cyber Crime Forum
Seen on CloudSEK: CloudSEK’s contextual AI digital risk platform XVigil has discovered a post on an English speaking cybercrime forum, sharing a database of PHI-IIIT Delhi for Forum credits. A total of 82 Databases were compromised and leaked data. Read more at CloudSEK.
Gallivan notifies University of Guelph students of Fortra breach 4 months later
Daniel Caudle reports: The provider of health, dental, and wellness benefits at the University of Guelph (U of G) has begun notifying students of a data breach which included access to personal information. A post on the Central Student Association’s website says Gallivan, the provider of those plans, began sending notifications via email this week. CTV News…