Another day, another entity that gets hacked and their data dumped because they ignored warnings, it seems. But for reasons that are unclear to me, Softpedia seems to be making a low-level breach sound like something much more than it appears to be. Bogdan Popa reports: The official website of the Argentinian Ministry of Industry…
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UK: Patient claims Musgrove Park Hospital breached her privacy by showing photos of her recovering foot without consent
Amy Cole reports: A woman has hit out at Musgrove Park Hospital after photos of her recovering foot were used in a training seminar without her consent. Read more about what happened on Somerset County Gazette. Some of the commenters on that site were not particularly sympathetic to her complaint.
Isle of Man: DHSC ‘open-minded’ over data loss cause
Manx Radio reports: Health and social care bosses say they have to be open-minded amid concerns government data has been leaked. A recording device has been removed from DHSC premises without consent. It’s said to contain taped meetings on children and families. Read more on Manx Radio.
Ca: Staff at Nunavut hospital need more training to ensure patients’ privacy protected
Elyse Skura reports: A lack of leadership at the Qikiqtani General Hospital may be putting patients’ personal information at risk, says Nunavut’s Information and Privacy Commissioner. A new privacy audit at the territory’s only hospital revealed that no one is in charge of ensuring staff follow privacy regulations, there’s no standard system to track who is…
ThyssenKrupp secrets stolen in ‘massive’ cyber attack
Eric Auchard and Tom Käckenhoff report: Technical trade secrets were stolen from the steel production and manufacturing plant design divisions of ThyssenKrupp AG (TKAG.DE) in cyber attacks earlier this year, the German company said on Thursday. “ThyssenKrupp has become the target of a massive cyber attack,” the industrial conglomerate said in a statement. In breaches discovered by the…
Online mall Interpark fined 4.5 bln won ($3.8 million) over data leak
Yonhap News reports: South Korea’s telecommunications watchdog said Tuesday that it has decided to impose a fine of 4.5 billion won (US$3.8 million) on major online shopping mall Interpark Corp. for its failure to protect information of customers in a hacking attack blamed on North Korea. The Korea Communications Commission made the decision at its…