Maddie Baker reports: “Cybersecurity insurance normally covers compensation for costs arising from data breaches such as hacking, internally caused cyber leaks and, in some cases, IT security assessments to prevent similar data compromises from happening in the future. It also covers costs for conducting digital forensic analysis to identify cyberattackers and where vulnerabilities lie in…
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KR: Presidential office holds emergency meeting over leak of personal data of president, trip entourage
Park Boram reports: The presidential office held an emergency meeting Tuesday to address the leak of personal information of President Lee Jae Myung and members of an entourage that accompanied him on his overseas trip in June. The meeting, presided over by presidential chief of staff Lim Kwang-hyun, followed news reports that a computer file…
Syrian Man Sentenced for Wide-Ranging Hacking Conspiracy Conducted on Behalf of the Bashar Al Assad Regime
Ahmad Umar Agha (also known as Th3Pr0) had spent more than a decade as a fugitive for targeting of Western media entities, businesses, NGOs, and U.S. and allied government entities October 29 – Today a federal district court in the Eastern District of Virginia sentenced Ahmad Umar Agha to 42 months in prison for his…
UK: Second Liverpool hospital investigates staff over breach of Southport attack patient records
ITV reports yet more insider snooping by hopsital employees in the wake of the Southport terror attack: A second hospital in Liverpool is carrying out an investigation into two potential instances of staff accessing medical records connected with the Southport terror attack. The cases were detected at Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital as part of…
KR: HYBE data breach exposes employee medical records, financial details
Lee Hae-rin reports: HYBE, the music agency behind K-pop group BTS, disclosed a cyberattack that exposed personal information of current and former employees and business partners, including resident registration numbers, credit card numbers and medical records. In an apology posted on its website, Oct. 18, the company said an internal security inspection detected unauthorized access…
Hong Kong privacy watchdog investigates data leaks linked to major airlines and retailers
Dickson Tam reports: The Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data said it has received multiple notifications of data breaches involving Hong Kong Airlines, Cathay Pacific, Malaysia Airlines, as well as electronics retailers Yoho Hong Kong and Broadway. As at 30th October, the authority had logged 51 complaints and 48 enquiries related to these…