A press release discloses a breach involving Club Fitness Holdings, Inc. (“Club Fitness”): On June 18, 2020, Club Fitness discovered a data security event that prevented access to data and programs on its network. Upon learning this, Club Fitness immediately began an investigation, and took action to secure and restore access to its network. Club Fitness…
Another Indian pharmaceutical giant reports cybersecurity breach within two weeks of ransomware hack on Dr Reddy’s
Prabhjote Gill reports: Another leading Indian pharmaceutical, Lupin, has reported a cybersecurity attack on its IT systems within two weeks of a ransomware attack on Dr Reddy’s Laboratories. “We have recently experienced an information security incident that has affected several of our internal IT systems. This has not impacted our core systems and operations,” Lupin…
Id: Fintech Cermati data breach points to urgency for data protection law: Experts
Eisya A. Eloksari reports: A recent data breach case involving fintech aggregator platform Cermati.com, the fifth known this year, again highlights the vulnerability of user data on digital platforms and the urgency of a personal data protection bill, experts have said. Data on almost 3 million users from fintech aggregator platform Cermati.com was leaked and sold online…
Cork hospital fined €65k after patients’ personal data found in public recycling facility
Cianan Brennan reports: The Data Protection Commission (DPC) has handed down a €65,000 fine to Cork University Maternity Hospital (CUMH) after the personal data of 78 of its patients was discovered disposed of in a public recycling facility elsewhere in the county. The complaint was first raised with the DPC in June 2019 after a…
Don ‘t pay ransom on the promise your data will be deleted, because it won’t be — Coveware
In Coveware’s Q3 2020 report, there’s a section on criminals not keeping their word about deleting data if you’ll just pay them their extortion demands (imagine criminals not keeping their word — oh, the shock): PAYING A RANSOM MAY NOT STOP RANSOMWARE GROUPS FROM LEAKING THE EXFILTRATED DATA Coveware feels that we have reached a…
Ca: Kingston Health Sciences Centre investigating possible cyber-security incident
Chris Vilela reports: Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC) has confirmed that it is currently facing an online access interruption, which a source at the hospital says is related to a possible cyber-security breach. KHSC did not immediately disclose the exact nature of the incident. “We can confirm that KHSC’s internet access and external-facing systems are…