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Continuing to take its Toll: Toll Group still feeling impacts nine months after experiencing Ransomware Attack | Lexology
Asia-Pacific, Australia, India
November 2 2020 Back in February, we blogged about the large scale ransomware attack experienced by Toll Group. IT News reports Toll is still “mopping up” the damage caused by these attacks. Since July, Toll has embarked on a year-long accelerated cyber resilience program incorporating teams in India and Australia which led to the appointment of former Telstra Asia Pacific CISO Berin Lautenbach as Toll’s global head of information security in August.
Therapy clients become targets of blackmail campaign | Lexology
Patients of a Finnish psychotherapy centre have become the victims of a blackmail campaign after the centre suffered a data breach. It is reported, the centre’s data was stolen during two attacks, one occurring in November 2018 and the other between the end of November 2018 and March 2019. A cyber criminal (or criminals) has used the stolen data to contact patients demanding the payment of 200 euros in bitcoin, with this amount increasing to 500 euros if the patient refused to pay within 24 hours.
Cyber Criminals “King of the (Data Breach) Jungle”: 61% of all Data Breaches caused by Malicious or Criminal Attacks, according to OAIC Report | Lexology
Australia
August 11 2020 The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) has released its report on notifications received under the Notifiable Data Breaches scheme for period January to June 2020. The OAIC reported 518 breaches were notified to it in the relevant period. The OAIC noted a 3% decrease from the 532 breaches notified in the period July 2019 to December 2019. However, there was a 16% increase on the 447 notifications received during January to June 2019.
Update: Australia’s 2020 Cyber Security Strategy | Lexology
The Australian Government is currently developing its next Cyber Security Strategy, which is scheduled for release in the coming months. The Australian Government 2020 Cyber Security Strategy Industry Advisory Panel has released a report consisting of 60 recommendations to inform the 2020 Cyber Security Strategy.
OAIC and UK ICO announce joint investigation into Clearview AI | Lexology
Australia, United Kingdom
July 20 2020 On 9 July 2020, the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) and the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) announced they have opened a joint investigation into the personal information handling practices of Clearview AI Inc. The OAIC has stated the investigation will focus on ClearView AI’s use of “scraped” data and biometrics of individuals.
Twitter accounts of prominent figures hacked | Lexology
Reports have surfaced that the Twitter accounts of prominent companies, politicians and celebrities were compromised on Wednesday, 15 July 2020. Hackers were able to gain large scale access to the Twitter accounts of several prominent and influential US personalities and companies to promote a cryptocurrency scam. It is concerning that the accounts of prominent figures were targeted and compromised.
EU Court of Justice Invalidates Privacy Shield | Lexology
On the morning of 16 July 2020, in a significant decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), the Privacy Shield was held to be invalid. What is the Privacy Shield The Privacy Shield was an agreement negotiated in 2016 between the United States Department of Commerce, the European Commission and the Swiss Administration to provide a mechanism for companies to transfer personal data from the European Union and Switzerland to the United States.
Marriott Hotel reveals further details about records impacted by data breach; revises down number of affected records | Lexology
Late last year the Marriott Hotel announced that it had suffered a data breach, which affected approximately 500 million guests who made a hotel reservation using its Starwood reservation system. Details about the data breach can be found in our previous blog. The Marriott has now advised that it believes as many as 383 million records were accessed in the data breach.
Beware of third party data breaches | Lexology
A study by Ponemon Institute found the percentage of US and UK companies that faced a data breach because of a vendor or third party is growing. In the US alone, 61% of surveyed respondents confirmed that their organisation had experienced a data breach caused by a third party, which is up 5% from last year and 12% from 2016.
Time to opt out of having a My Health Record has been extended | Lexology
Australians now have until 31 January 2019 to decide whether or not to have a My Health Record. The deadline to opt-out of having a My Health Record has been extended again.
Facebook to release “clear history” tool | Lexology
Facebook collects data on every “like” button you click on a website and the websites you visit that use Facebook pixel code. At the F8 Conference, Mark Zuckerberg announced Facebook will release a new tool that will enable Facebook users to see and delete identifying information that Facebook has collected about them from other websites and apps. This new “clear history” tool will also allow users to turn off having this information stored with their Facebook account.
Cybercrime most costly to financial services | Lexology
A study by Accenture and Ponemon Institute – Cost of Cyber Crime Study: Insights on the security investments that make a difference – found cyberattacks cost financial service firms more to address and contain than in any other industry. The rate of breaches in the industry has tripled in the past five years.
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