Collaborate Disseminate
Third-party vendors/business associates continue to be responsible for huge breaches involving patient data. Rébecca Frasquet and Chloé Rabs of AFP report: France’s health ministry said Friday that administrative details and medical notes on more… Continue reading Hackers steal medical details of 15 million in France
John Beauge reports the latest update in the case of Max Vance, also known as Andre J. Burk. Vance had been employed by Nuance Communications, a business associate of Geisinger Health. After his employment was terminated, he was still able to access Ge… Continue reading Former Nuance employee admits breaching more than 1.2M Geisinger patient records
Kenrodgers Fabian reports: A security blunder hit South Korea as the National Tax Service accidentally exposed a crypto wallet’s recovery key, leading to a $4.8 million theft. The incident happened when the tax authority published a press release photo… Continue reading South Korean Authorities Accidentally Hand Hackers $4.8M in Crypto
Andrew Martin and Caroline Millan report: A hacker exploited Anthropic PBC’s artificial intelligence chatbot to carry out a series of attacks against Mexican government agencies, resulting in the theft of a huge trove of sensitive tax and voter informa… Continue reading Hacker Used Anthropic’s Claude to Steal Sensitive Mexican Data
Sam Jungyun Choi, Jadzia Pierce, and Paul Maynard of Covington and Burling write: On February 19, 2026, the UK Court of Appeal handed down its decision in DSG Retail Limited v The Information Commissioner [2026] EWCA Civ 140. The Court ruled that a con… Continue reading UK Court of Appeal Rules on the Concept of Personal Data in the Context of Data Security
Dutch News reports: Hackers had access to data from the Dutch prisons agency DJI for at least five months, according to an investigation by radio programme Argos. Cyber criminals could see e-mail addresses, phone numbers and security certificates of st… Continue reading NL: Hackers had access to prison staff data for five months
Zack Whittaker reports: Cisco says hackers have been exploiting a bug in one of its popular networking products used by large enterprises for at least three years, prompting the U.S. government and its allies to urge organizations to take action. The b… Continue reading Cisco says hackers have been exploiting a critical bug to break into big customer networks since 2023
Daryna Antoniuk reports: A Moscow resident has been accused of trying to extort money from the notorious Conti ransomware group by posing as an officer of Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB), according to local media reports. Russian outlet RBC, ci… Continue reading Extorting the Extorters? Moscow man accused of posing as FSB officer to extort Conti ransomware gang
Or Hadar reports: Clalit Health Services, the largest health maintenance organization in Israel, said it is investigating a suspected cyberattack after an Iranian-linked hacking group claimed it breached the insurer’s systems and published thousands of… Continue reading Clalit probes suspected cyberattack after Iranian-linked hackers leak patient files
Charmian Aw, Paul Otto, and Ciara O’Leary of Hogan Lovells write: Recent large‑scale data breaches across major sectors in Korea, including across the telecommunications, retail, and finance sector, have prompted swift and coordinated response fr… Continue reading South Korea considers updates to data and cyber laws