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China Accuses U.S. Spy Agency of Winter Games Cyberattacks
The Wall Street Journal reports: Chinese police issued wanted notices for three people they said engaged in cyberattacks against China on behalf of the U.S. National Security Agency, a rare step by Beijing as hostilities between the superpowers escalate. The accusations that the NSA targeted the Asian Winter Games held in the northeastern Chinese city of Harbin […]
Queensland’s IPOLA Guidelines – New Mandatory Notification Data Breach Scheme
Ashurst reports: On 4 December 2023, the Queensland Parliament gave assent to the Information Privacy and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2023 (Qld) (Act), with privacy reforms to the Information Privacy Act 2009 (Qld) (IP Act) to commence 1 July 2025. You can read more about that here. In Queensland it has not been compulsory for agencies to notify the Office […]
Justice Department Implements Critical National Security Program to Protect Americans’ Sensitive Data from Foreign Adversaries
Department Answers Frequently Asked Questions, Provides Guidance, and Issues Limited Enforcement Policy for First 90 Days Today, the Justice Department took significant steps to move forward with implementing a critical program to prevent China, Russia, Iran, and other foreign adversaries from using commercial activities to access and exploit U.S. government-related data and Americans’ sensitive personal […]
Bank of America Discloses Data Breach After Customers’ Documents Disappear, Says Names, Addresses, Account Information and Social Security Numbers Affected
The Daily Hodl reports that Bank of America has notified affected customers of a March 6 incident in which documents were lost in transit: Bank of America says efforts to locate sensitive documents containing personal information on an undisclosed number of customers have failed. The North Carolina-based bank says it is unable to recover the documents, which […]
Lab provider for Planned Parenthood discloses breach affecting 1.6 million people
The Record reports: A lab company providing services to some Planned Parenthood centers disclosed a data breach on Friday impacting about 1.6 million people. Laboratory Services Cooperative (LSC) said it initially discovered the cyberattack on October 27 and began an investigation that was completed in February. The stolen data includes medical information like dates of […]
CISA Advisory Healthcare INFINITT PACS
Alert Code: ICSMA-25-100-01 Read more at CISA.
Chinese officials claimed behind closed doors PRC played role in US cyberattacks: Report
Fox8 reports: Chinese officials acknowledged behind closed doors at a December meeting that their government was responsible for a series of cyberattacks on U.S. infrastructure, according to a Wall Street Journal report based on information from people familiar with the matter. The news comes as the two countries continue to spar over tariffs imposed by President Donald […]
Senator puts hold on Trump’s nominee for CISA director, citing telco security ‘cover up’
TechCrunch reports: Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden has put a hold on the Trump administration’s nomination of Sean Plankey to head the federal government’s top cybersecurity agency, citing a “multi-year cover up” of security flaws at U.S. telecommunication companies. Wyden said in remarks, seen by TechCrunch and confirmed by the senator’s spokesperson, that he will block the nomination […]