Sandra Chereb reports: Auditors delayed release of a report detailing security vulnerabilities in state databases to protect the information of tens of thousands of current and former state employees and their beneficiaries, a legislative committee was told Tuesday. Douglas Peterson, information systems audit supervisor, told the Legislative Audit Subcommittee it was the first time he…
Bank informs RBI of security breach: Axis suffers cyber attack, hires EY to probe damage
Sugata Ghosh and Sachin Dave report: A month ago, an official of Axis Bank– India’s third largest private sector lender — received an unexpected telephone call. The caller, an engineer at Kaspersky Lab, the well-known Moscow-headquartered cyber security firm, rattled off the names of several Axis computers which, he claimed, have been breached. The Kaspersky…
Three times a charm? Twice dead data breach notification laws re-enter Australia’s Parliament
Chris Duckett reports: It’s a scenario that feels like it could use a Ron Howard voiceover as Australia is making a third attempt at passing data breach notification laws, following previous attempts being stranded in the Senate by both Labor and Coalition governments. […] The laws being introduced this time around are similar to those drafted…
NZ: Nurse suspended after snooping through 64 patients records
Rachel Thomas reports: A nurse who snooped through more than 1000 private health records has admitted her actions have eroded public trust in the health system. In a charge brought by the Nursing Council’s Professional Conduct Committee (PCC), the nurse was alleged to have accessed health records “without justification or authorisation” when she worked at an unnamed district health board. She…
Security breach: State Bank of India blocks over 600,000 debit cards after malware breach at non-SBI ATMs
ToI reports: Pune: In one of the biggest card replacements in Indian banking, State Bank of India has said that it will re-issue around six lakh debit cards to customers, which have been blocked following a malware-related security breach in a non-SBI ATM network. “It’s a security breach, but not in our banks’ systems. Many other banks also have this…
IL: Mercy Hospital & Medical Center notifies patients after billing service loses 547 patients’ documents
From their substitute notice: On August 15, 2016, Mercy Hospital & Medical Center discovered that some medical billing information for a total of 547 patients was potentially exposed as a result of a third-party billing service’s loss of Mercy’s documents from their offices. The information exposure occurred on August 15, 2016. We have taken the necessary…