Michael Mimoso reports: The nation-state sponsored hacker group allegedly behind the 2014 attack against Sony Pictures Entertainment has been linked to similar intrusions against a number of companies in South Korea including the Dark Seoul and Operation Troy attacks. A coalition of security companies called Operation Blockbuster, including Kaspersky Lab, Novetta, AlienVault, Invincea, ThreatConnect, Volexity, Symantec,…
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Hackers hold German hospital data hostage
DW reports that the ransomware problem we’ve seen here and in Australia has also hit German hospitals: It probably came down to a swift response that averted major damage in the Lukas Hospital in Germany’s western city of Neuss. One morning, hospital staff noticed the system wasn’t running smoothly anymore. There were error messages popping…
Individual Convicted of an Offence under the Health Information Act
A woman was recently convicted of knowingly accessing health information of seven people in contravention of the Health Information Act (HIA). On Feb. 5, Denise Tourneur pleaded guilty to illegitimately accessing the health information of seven individuals on 44 separate occasions at the Kaye Edmonton Clinic where she worked. The situation stemmed from a breach discovered by…
Thousands of apps running Baidu code collect, leak personal data: research
Jeremy Wagstaff and Paul Carsten report: Thousands of apps running code built by Chinese Internet giant Baidu have collected and transmitted users’ personal information to the company, much of it easily intercepted, researchers say. The apps have been downloaded hundreds of millions of times. The researchers at Canada-based Citizen Lab said they found the problems…
NZ health board hit with ransomware
Sophie Ryan reports: Whanganui District Health Board has been targeted by hackers who infected its computers with a “ransomware” attack. […] Whanganui District Health Board’s information and communications technology manager Barry Morris said the threat from Locky had been contained and no ransom was paid to the hackers. Read more on New Zealand Herald.
AU: Flinders Medical Centre health staff caught snooping in Cy Walsh’s medical records
Nick Toscano reports: More than a dozen unauthorised medical staff have been caught accessing the confidential records of Cy Walsh after he was arrested over the murder of his father, former Adelaide Crows coach Phil Walsh. His electronic records, including test results that could relate to the criminal trial, have been accessed by at least 13…