India: Airtel continues to deny that it had a breach affecting more than 2.5 million subscribers’ data, despite reports and seeming evidence to the contrary. According to a statement they issued, the threat actors who call themselves “Red Rabbit Team” have made various claims over the past 15 months. “This group has been in touch…
PL: University fined for omitted notification of a data breach
From Personal-Ticker.com: The President of the Personal Data Protection Office in Poland (UODO) imposed a fine on the Medical University of Silesia in the amount of PLN 25.000 (approx. EUR 5.600). The university had suffered a data breach of which it should have notified the supervisory authority and the data subjects according to Articles 33, 34 GDPR,…
The National Cyber Investigative Joint Task Force Releases Ransomware Fact Sheet
The National Cyber Investigative Joint Task Force (NCIJTF) has released a new joint-seal ransomware fact sheet. This educational product is intended to provide the public important information on the current ransomware threat and the government’s response, as well as common infection vectors, tools for attack prevention, and important contacts in the event of a ransomware…
Contractor for USAO Southern District of Iowa Provided Sensitive, Non-Public Info on Criminal Investigations to a Friend; Informants Wound Up “Outed” Online
An Iowa woman pleaded guilty today for unlawfully using a former Department of Justice contractor’s government computer to access government records and to obtain sensitive, non-public law enforcement information, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Nicholas L. McQuaid of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division. According to admissions made in connection with her guilty plea, Rachel Manna,…
Democrats propose bill to protect privacy, data security amid growing use of pandemic-related tech
Anuja Vaidya reports: Technology is the linchpin of the United States’ response to the Covid-19 pandemic. But the growing use of digital solutions raises the complicated issue of ensuring individuals’ right to privacy. Now, a group of Congressional Democrats have introduced a bill to address this concern. The Public Health Emergency Privacy Act would set enforceable privacy…
BR: Eletronuclear administrative network suffers ransomware attack
Luis Queiroz reports (translation): In a statement to the market, Eletrobras ensures that the systems of the administrative network of the subsidiary Eletronuclear are not connected, for security reasons, with the operating systems of the nuclear plants Angra I and Angra II. IT teams were able to contain the attack and prevent damage to the…