Collaborate Disseminate
Louise Hickey reports: The HSE has been fined €300,000 by the Data Protection Commission (DPC) over a breach of patient’s personal data in 2018 at the Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore. The Data Protection Commission has announced its final decision… Continue reading IE: HSE fined €300,000 after Tullamore hospital data breach
Yesterday, DataBreaches reported that FulcrumSec had hacked Danish pharmaceutical giant Novo Nordisk. FulcrumSec followed up on that reporting by releasing their own very detailed report on their dark web leak site about the incident and what they had … Continue reading One threat actor demanded $50 million from Novo Nordisk. Another one demanded $25 million. Neither got paid.
Danish pharma giant Novo Nordisk disclosed a cybersecurity incident last week, and although the firm’s name may not be familiar to everyone, they are a major producer of insulin and semaglutide. Semaglutide is marketed as Wegovy for weight loss a… Continue reading Scoop: FulcrumSec Leaks Novo Nordisk Data After $25M Demand Goes Unpaid
Aimee Turner reports: Jaguar Land Rover ordered all 30,000 employees to reset their passwords in person following a cyberattack that raised concerns staff credentials had been compromised. Speaking at Infosecurity Europe, former Jaguar Land Rover chief… Continue reading JLR ordered 30,000 staff to reset passwords in person after cyberattack
Harriet Alexander and Julie Lewis report: The privacy watchdog has ordered American Express to rectify security flaws in five of its data systems to guard against “insider threats” and to restrict employee access to specific customer information to pro… Continue reading AU: American Express ordered to fix security gaps after customer was spied on
Elaine Blackburne reports: Hotel guests have been warned to stay alert for convincing fraudulent messages following a data breach at a major hotel chain. Personal information belonging to individuals with reservations at one of the chain’s proper… Continue reading UK: Hotel guests issued urgent ‘check’ alert as personal details stolen from major chain
Eric Sagonowsky reports: As cybersecurity threats have proliferated across industries in recent years, biopharma companies have emerged as prominent targets, with intellectual property, patient data and other sensitive information at stake. Now, Novo N… Continue reading Novo Nordisk reports data breach, tells clinical trial patients to ‘remain vigilant’
Bhaswati Guha Majumder reports: The cybercrime group ShinyHunters has claimed responsibility for a major breach involving the Council of Europe, threatening to publish hundreds of gigabytes of allegedly stolen data unless its demands are met by 16 June… Continue reading ShinyHunters Claims Theft of 297GB of Council of Europe Data; Claims Unconfirmed As Yet
DataBreaches has been impressed by South Korea’s response to data breaches ever since reading about how its financial regulator responded to three credit card companies whose customers suffered a major data leak. Unlike any enforcement action Dat… Continue reading South Korea Hands Coupang a Record-Breaking $409 Million Data Privacy Fine
Lawrence Abrams reports: A Ukrainian national extradited from Ireland to the United States last year has pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges tied to the Conti ransomware operation. The U.S. Department of Justice announced Thursday that 44-year-old Ole… Continue reading Ukrainian national pleads guilty to role in Conti ransomware operation