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…
Category: Non-U.S.
CardioComm, a provider of ECG monitoring devices, confirms cyberattack downed its services
Carly Page reports: CardioComm Solutions, a Canadian provider of consumer and professional-grade heart monitoring technologies, has been downed by an ongoing cybersecurity incident. The Toronto-based organization said on Tuesday that its business operations will be “impacted for several days and potentially longer” following a “cybersecurity incident on the Company’s servers.” At the time of writing,…
Leaking Someone’s Personal Data Will Cost You Up to $2 Million in Pakistan
ProPK reports: A fine which may extend to $2 million or an equivalent amount in Pakistani rupees would be levied on those who process or cause to be processed, disseminate, or disclose personal data in violation of any of the provisions of the “Personal Data Protection Bill, 2023”. The Ministry of Information, Technology and Telecommunication…
Major Malaysian water utilities company hit by hackers; Ranhill offline; hackers claim databases and backups deleted
After a period of quiet, DESORDEN Group has re-emerged as a threat to Malaysian entities, and now, it seems, to providing drinkable water to Johor (see this post from 2021 for an overview of Ranhill Utilities Berhad in the environment sector and the role of AquaSmart). In a statement sent to DataBreaches this morning, DESORDEN writes:…
Presumably the largest Dutch user of the Genesis Market arrested
Who knew that the Netherlands was such a hotbed of cybercrime? This week, the police reported: Barendrecht – In the international investigation “Operation Cookie Monster”, a 32-year-old Dutchman who lives in Brazil was arrested after intensive investigation. This happened on Tuesday 18 July in Barendrecht. Because the man was in complete restraint after his arrest,…
NL: Investigation into arms trade leads to suspected cybercriminal
July 24 — as seen on OM.nl: Analysis of residual information from an investigation into arms trade led to the arrest of a 21-year-old man from Amsterdam at the beginning of this month. The Public Prosecution Service suspects the man of, among other things, years of fraud, theft, computer trespass and money laundering. According to the Public…