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U.K. Information Commissioner Office publishes new fining guidance
The Information Commissioner’s Office has published new data protection fining guidance setting out how it decides to issue penalties and calculate fines. The guidance provides greater transparency for organizations about how the ICO goes about using its fining power. Tim Capel, ICO Director of Legal Service, said: “We believe the guidance will provide certainty and clarity for […]
Nursing Home Declares Bankruptcy, Claims Recent Cyberattacks Contributed
Data Breach Today reports: A Midwest operator of nursing homes has filed for bankruptcy, citing the effects of a ransomware attack last fall and fallout from the recent Change Healthcare outage as factors that contributed to its financial woes. See Also: Take Inventory of Your Medical Device Security Risks SC Healthcare Holdings LLC, which operates as […]
China accused of “malign” cyberattack on UK’s Electoral Commission “after hacking data of 40 million voters”
The Independent reports: China has been accused of a “malign” cyberattack on Britain after it allegedly accessed millions of voters’ personal details during a hack on the election watchdog. The UK is poised to sanction those believed to be involved in Chinese state-backed interference, after deputy prime minister Oliver Dowden sets out details about the alleged incident later on […]
Hackers Found a Way to Open Any of 3 Million Hotel Keycard Locks in Seconds
“Two quick taps and we open the door” This may give you second thoughts about any hotel you stay in, or at least what brand of keycard door lock they use for hotel rooms. Andy Greenberg of WIRED reports: When thousands of security researchers descend on Las Vegas every August for what’s come to be […]
No10 voices support for Kate Middleton after private medical record ‘breach’
Wasn’t it predictable that someone at The London Clinic might try to snoop on the Princess of Wales’ medical records during her hospitalization in January? Were they able to access the records or did they just try but not succeed? If they succeeded, how did The London Clinic’s access monitoring and controls fail? The Mirror, […]
White House and EPA warn of hackers breaching water systems
Bleeping Computer reports: U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan warned governors today that hackers are “striking” critical infrastructure across the country’s water sector. In a joint letter sent on Tuesday, they asked for the governors’ support to ensure that water systems in their states are adequately defended against […]
The CJEU Ruled that Supervisory Authorities Can Order the Deletion of Unlawfully Processed Personal Data
On March 14, 2024, the Court of Justice of the EU (“CJEU”) ruled that EU supervisory authorities have the (corrective) power to order data controllers who have been found to process personal data unlawfully to erase such personal data, even if the data subjects have not requested the erasure. (Case C‑46/23) The CJEU ruled that […]
The 2024 Breach Barometer reports 171 million health data records breached in the U.S. in 2023.
And that’s just the ones they could find numbers for! Request your free copy of the full report at Protenus.com.