Ertuğrul Can Canbolat LL.M., Baran Can Yildirim, LL.M. and S. İrem Akin of Actecon write: Article 12 of the Turkish Data Protection Law No. 6698 (“TurkishData Protection Law“) entitled “Obligations Regarding Data Security” deals with the obligations of the data controller. Article 12/1 of the Turkish Data Protection Law states the data controller shall take…
AU: Malware locks up 15,000 medical files at Cabrini Hospital, hackers demand ransom
Cameron Houston and Anthony Colangelo report: A cyber crime syndicate has hacked and scrambled the medical files of about 15,000 patients from a specialist cardiology unit at Cabrini Hospital and demanded a ransom. The attack is now the subject of a joint investigation by Commonwealth security agencies. Melbourne Heart Group, which is based at the…
Microsoft says hackers tried to breach European think tanks and non-profit organizations
Saheli Roy Choudhury reports: Microsoft said hackers targeted European think tanks and non-profit organizations which often have contact with government officials. The attacks were carried out late last year through phishing campaigns to steal employee credentials and deliver malware, the tech giant said in a blog post on Wednesday. The company said it detected attacks…
PA: Malware breach strikes Chester County computers
Michael P. Rellahan reports: A breach of Chester County government’s computer system via an internet bug led to intense work by county computer specialists over the Presidents Day weekend, but apparently has not led to any compromise of users’ information, a county spokesperson said Tuesday. Chester County’s Department of Computing and Information Services (DCIS) detected…
Accused hacker Lauri Love loses legal bid to reclaim seized IT gear
Gareth Corfield reports: “Mr Love, you’re not the victim in this. You brought this on yourself; you’re the victim of your own decisions,” District Judge Margot Coleman told accused hacker Lauri Love in court today as she refused to return computers seized from him by the National Crime Agency. Love, 34, had asked for the…
New Decryption Tool Released for GandCrab Ransomware, Available on No More Ransom
Press Release: The wait for the victims of GandCrab is over: a new decryption tool has been released today for free on the No More Ransom depository for the latest strand of GandCrab, one of the world’s most prolific ransomware to date. This tool was developed by the Romanian Police in close collaboration with the…