Michael Kans reports: In the worlds of data protection and privacy, too often there is a decoupling of national security issues and what might be termed non-national security issues despite the clear interplay between the two realms. Over the past decade, U.S. adversaries have vacuumed up the personal data of many Americans with one nation…
It: BCC Roma suffers cyberattack impacting 188 branches
Banco di Credito Cooperativo (BCC Roma) is one of the largest cooperative credit banks in Italy. Now Andrea Greco reports that operations at 188 branches have been impacted by a cyberattack. BCC has posted a notice reassuring customers that although operations may be slower, the branches are operational (translation): We inform our customers that the…
IT: Hacker attack on pharmaceutical company Zambon
Federica Bigardi reports that Zambon , an Italian pharmaceutical firm, suffered a cyber attack (translation): The attack was identified and quickly isolated from Zambon’s information systems, which as a precautionary measure suspended activities at the Vicenza plant employing 217 people. Production was stopped for 5 days while the IT department investigated and resolved the attack…
Dutch government pauses coronavirus app over data leak fears
AP reports: The Dutch government has temporarily disabled its coronavirus warning app amid data privacy concerns for people who have the app installed on phones using the Android operating system. Health Minister Hugo de Jonge announced late Wednesday that the CoronaMelder app will stop sending warnings for 48 hours while the government checks if users’ data is…
Ransomware gang leaks court and prisoner files from Illinois Attorney General Office
Catalin Cimpanu has an update to a situation first reported on DataBreaches.net last week. The operators of the DopplePaymer ransomware have leaked a large collection of files from the Illinois Office of the Attorney General after negotiations have broken down and officials refused to pay a ransom demand, The Record has learned. Perhaps the most interesting…
Departing lawyers who copied firm’s databases may be liable for unfair business practices, top state court says
On April 15, Debra Cassens Weiss reported: Departing lawyers who downloaded a “treasure trove” of proprietary materials from their Boston law firm may be liable for unfair or deceptive business practices, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has ruled. The court ruled for the Governo Law Firm in its lawsuit against a group of nonequity partners…