Lok Jian Wen reports: The names and e-mail addresses of parents and teachers of 127 primary and secondary schools were leaked after a mobile platform on students’ personal learning devices was hacked, said the Ministry of Education (MOE) on April 19. The Mobile Guardian app, which is installed on personal learning devices including Chromebook laptops…
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Hong Kong private hospital given 4 weeks to submit report over US$10 million ransomware attack
Cannix Yau reports: Hong Kong health authorities have told a private hospital it has four weeks to submit a detailed report after it was hit by a malicious cyberattack and refused to pay a US$10 million ransom. The Department of Health said on Saturday that it was investigating the incident at Union Hospital in Tai…
NIS2 implementation enters the final stretch – six months to deadline
Mark Young, Paul Maynard, and Aleksander Aleksiev of Covington and Burling write: In six months’ time, on 17 October 2024, Member State laws that transpose the EU’s revised Network and Information Systems Directive (“NIS2”) will start to apply. As described in more detail in our earlier blog post (here), NIS2 significantly expands the categories of…
Ie: Authorities investigating ransomware attack on charity that works with vulnerable children
The Journal reports: A police investigation has been launched after a charity that works with vulnerable children suffered a data breach in a ransomware attack. Extern, a cross-border social justice charity with offices in Belfast and Co Kildare, has confirmed that it has been the victim of a large ransomware cyber attack. One source told The…
Ca: Hacked hospitals sending 326K letters to patients in Windsor, elsewhere
Taylor Campbell reports: Hundreds of thousands of patients, including many in Windsor-Essex, whose personal information was posted to the dark web following a cyberattack last fall will soon receive letters from impacted hospitals. “One patient is clearly too many,” said Windsor Regional Hospital CEO David Musyj. He called criminal cyberattacks “disgusting acts, particularly when aimed…
Au: Diabetes WA reveals data breach
Richard Chirgwin reports: Diabetes WA has disclosed a data breach affecting people who engaged with its telehealth service. In a breach notice posted Tuesday, the organisation said a “third party” gained “access to the personal information of some … contacts.” The personal information possibly exposed in the breach includes name, address, date of birth, email, phone number,…