Kimberly Bonvissuto reports: Tucson, AZ-based Watermark Retirement Communities is the latest victim of a data security breach, in this case one that may have compromised the personal information of 208 residents and others. The company sent out a notice on Wednesday that it became aware of a “cyber intrusion” in September. The senior living operator…
Amber Group breaks silence on unsecured storage bucket; NatSec minister suggests TechCrunch reporter may have violated CyberCrime Act
The Gleaner reports a follow-up on an unsecured storage server exposing personal information and COVID-related information of travelers to Jamaica. The exposed bucket was first reported by Zack Whittaker of TechCrunch on February 17: The storage server, hosted on Amazon Web Services, was set to public. It’s not known for how long the data was…
NurseryCam discloses a breach
DataBreaches.net recently noted some research by SafetyDetective about whether baby cams were posing privacy and security risks. Today, BBC reports: A webcam system that lets parents drop in and watch their children while at nursery school has written to families to tell them of a data breach. NurseryCam said it did not believe the incident…
India’s cyber defenses breached and reported; govt. yet to fix it
John Xavier reports that India’s government has been slow to respond to a report by ethical hackers that had been shared with the U.S. Department of Defense Cyber Crime Center (DC3): which initiated contact with the India’s National Critical Infrastructure Information Protection Centre (NCIIPC). Following this, the security team shared its 34-page threat report to…
Personal info compromised at 88 firms in Japan in 2020
Let’s see how things are doing elsewhere. JiJi reports: Personal information was compromised or lost at a total of 88 publicly traded companies and their subsidiaries in Japan in 2020, the highest number since such data began being collected in 2012, according to a survey by Tokyo Shoko Research Ltd. In total, personal information on…
IT: Guarantor for privacy: two hospitals and one AUSL sanctioned
Marco De Felice reports: The Guarantor for privacy has sanctioned two hospitals and an AUSL, they had communicated medical information to the wrong people. The three structures fined are the Sienese University Hospital , the University Hospital of Parma and the Romagna Local Health Authority . The two hospitals received a fine of €10,000, while for the Romagna AUsl the fine was €50,000. ……