Justin McCurry reports: The internet is awash with news and comment about North Korea, from its nuclear tests to speculation about the health of its leader, Kim Jong-un. But its own contribution to the world wide web is tiny, according to a leak that revealed the country has just 28 registered domains. The revelation came after…
Category: Non-U.S.
Getting caught up on #OperationSafePharma
So I am slow to find out about this, and wouldn’t have found out at all if it hadn’t been for Softpedia’s Catalin Cimpanu helpfully pointing to this, but AntiSec-Italia, anItalian Anonymous-affiliated group, has apparently been breaching the websites of healthcare institutes in Italy. To get up to speed on early history of #OpSafePharma, start with…
NZ: Former Hawke’s Bay doctor struck off for ‘duping’ DHBs
Simon Hendery reports on a medical confidentiality/privacy breach in New Zealand. It is another one of those “small breach, BIG impact” breaches: A former Hawke’s Bay trainee doctor duped two district health boards into revealing confidential medical information about members of his family without their consent. Hirron Fernando then used the information from the Capital & Coast…
BDSwiss Employee Data Allegedly Stolen, Investigations Pending
Victor Golovtchenko reports: According to sources with knowledge of the matter, who have been in contact with Finance Magnates, data files of an employee of forex and binary options brokerage BDSwiss have been accessed via his stolen laptop. The contents of the information have purportedly not been related to the company’s database and the information…
“Fancy Bear” Release More Confidential Athlete Data; WADA Confirms
Swimming World reports: The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) confirmed that another batch of confidential athlete information has been released by the cyber hackers known as “Fancy Bear.” The Agency originally announced a leak by the cyber hackers on September 13th, however this time the group released confidential data on 25 athletes from eight different countries. Ten athletes…
TH: NBTC to probe alleged privacy breach by AIS employee
The Nation reports: The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission has set up the working panel to investigate an Advanced Info Service employee’s alleged breach of the company’s policy on security of customers’ personal data. […] The case went public when an AIS customer posted on the popular website Pantip.com on Monday that she had learned that…