AP reports: Cybersecurity researchers say North Korea might be connected to a recent attack that resulted in the theft of over $100 million from the Bangladeshi central bank and the attempted thefts of millions more from other Asian banks. If the finding holds up, the attacks would amount to a new strategy for the rogue…
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AU: Recruitment agency accused of dumping thousands of documents containing jobseeker’s confidential data in a skip bin outside recently closed store
Sinead MacLaughlin reports: A recruitment agency has been discovered allegedly dumping thousands of jobseekers confidential details in a skip out the back of their offices. Pages of data from Sarina Russo clients were found by a contractor on Thursday night in an unlocked skip bin and in some nearby boxes behind their recently closed store in Narre…
NI Prison Service: data breach ‘not serious security threat’
Vincent Kearney reports: A data breach involving the personal details of hundreds of Northern Ireland Prison Service employees has been described as “a major embarrassment”. However, the BBC understands it is not being treated as a major security breach. A junior employee at the Department of Justice sent a spreadsheet with names and dates of…
Swift Hack Probe Expands to Up to a Dozen Banks Beyond Bangladesh
Michael Riley and Alan Katz report: Investigators are examining possible computer breaches at as many as 12 banks linked to Swift’s global payments network that have irregularities similar to those in the theft of $81 million from the Bangladesh central bank, according to a person familiar with the probe. FireEye, the security firm hired by…
UK: Data watchdog probe as patient records go missing in transit
Press Association reports: The Information Commissioner’s Office is investigating problems with a national service for transporting patient records after GPs complained some were going missing. NHS England has commissioned private firm Capita to run the Primary Care Support England service, which handles GP payments, medical supplies, moving records and patient registrations. It has contracted CitySprint,…
UK: Huge leak of data reveals junior doctors leaders discussed drawing out dispute for a year
Charlie Cooper reports: The junior doctor leadership of the British Medical Association discussed “drawing out” their contract dispute with the Government for more than a year, a huge leak of private messages sent between the union’s committee members reveals. Despite publicly stating throughout their dispute that a solution could be reached if the Government was…