There’s an update to a news story that was first reported in June. TheJournal.ie now reports that the HSE has admitted that there was a break-in involving storage containers at St. Conal’s medical facility close to Letterkenny University Hospital. According to the HSE, a lock on the container was smashed and an unknown number of…
Statement: Intention to fine Marriott International, Inc more than £99 million under GDPR for data breach
The ICO is on a roll… now they’ve issued a statement about their intention to fine Marriott, although it appears that their statement may have been issued because Marriott first notified the SEC that it was going to be fined. Here is the ICO’s statement: Statement in response to Marriott International, Inc’s filing with the…
In: MNC alleges data theft by ex-employees
TNN reports that a senior Magnasoft Consulting India official has accused three former employees of stealing data that includes customer data, the employee database, software keys and management information system reports. The data was allegedly sent to their personal email addresses from their corporate accounts. Read more on Times of India Interestingly, the only comment…
Philadelphia Federal Credit Union confirms security breach
The Philadelphia Federal Credit Union released this statement to ABC News: “On July 8, PFCU officials discovered potentially fraudulent activity involving a small percentage of members’ debit cards. While this incident is not the result of an internal PFCU breach, PFCU’s security and loss prevention specialists are working diligently to determine the cause of the…
Unsecured databases leak 90 million records of people and businesses in China
Dev Kundaliya reports: Two databases lying unprotected on the internet leaked records of more than 90 million people and businesses in China last week, a security researcher has claimed. The databases belonged to the Jiangsu Provincial Public Security Department in China and contained more than 26GB of data. In total, they contained 58,364,777 citizen records…
Malware attack disables government computer systems in LaPorte, Indiana
Nick Pappas reports: According to LaPorte County Commission President Dr. Vidya Kora, county employees will not have access to any government email or website for at least a couple days. Authorities say that the county experienced a malware attack that occurred on Saturday morning, disabling computer and email systems. Read more on ABC.