Nicholas Pointon reports: A dental company with 120 practices nationwide is confident a data breach at a Wellington surgery was an isolated incident. Wellington Oral Surgery, which is owned by Lumino, discovered on Monday a staff member’s email account had been hacked and patients’ personal information had been accessed. The company sent out a notice…
SG: Revised Guides on Managing Data Breach and Active Enforcement Now Available
An announcement from the Personal Data Protection Commission of Singapore: The PDPC has updated Guide to Managing Data Breaches 2.0 (now known as the Guide on Managing and Notifying Data Breaches under the PDPA) with details of the mandatory data breach notification requirement under the PDPA. Access the Guide here. The Guide on Active Enforcement has…
At-a-glance: the new UK Cyber Security Council
GRC World Forums writes: What is the new UK Cyber Security Council and what will it do? The council is a new independent body which the UK government says will “boost career opportunities and professional standards” in the cyber security sector. It is intended to be a single voice for the industry in the UK…
Acer Data Breach, Sodinokibi ransomware group publishes first stolen data
Marco A. DeFelice reports: The Sodinokibi (REvil) ransomware group publishes on its website, within the Tor networks, the first documents stolen from Acer during a recent cyber attack. Acer, headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan, is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of computers, monitors, HD Ready televisions, virtual reality devices, smartphones and many other electronic products….
Malaysia call centre worker jailed for retrieving Singtel customer details that were later sold to loan sharks
Lydia Lam reports: A team leader at a call centre in Malaysia handling technical support for Singtel customers helped an ex-colleague retrieve information from more than 1,000 business accounts belonging to licensed moneylenders. The information, which included bills, company names and landline numbers, was later used by data sellers to carry out loan sharking activities….
Swiss Hacker indicted for conspiracy, wire fraud, and aggravated identity theft
Seattle – A prolific Swiss computer hacker, TILL KOTTMANN, 21, was indicted today by a grand jury in the Western District of Washington for computer intrusion and identity and data theft activities spanning 2019 to the present. KOTTMANN, aka “deletescape” and “tillie crimew,” who initially was charged in September 2020, remains in Lucerne, Switzerland, and…