Date: 21st September 2021 Severity: High Two big Eyecare provider groups were hit by hackers resulting in data breach affecting around 324,000 individuals. Simon Eye become aware about the suspicious activity related to employee email account on 8th June 2021. Basis on the event notice shared by Simon eye, individual’s …
Read More »WhatsApp has been fined with a penalty of 225 million Euros for violating European Union Data protection law
Date: 3rd September 2021 Severity: High WhatsApp was penalized with 225 Million Euro fine for not being able to transparently explain on how the personal data of individual is handled. The Irish Data Protection Commission — Silicon Valley’s main privacy watchdog in Europe — said it found violations in the …
Read More »DuPage Medical group was victim of Cyber-attack in mid-July, potentially compromised patients’ information
Date: 30th August 2021 Severity: High The DuPage Medical group have started notifying patients about recent Cyber-attack which might have compromised their personal information like date of birth, diagnosis code & social security numbers. According to recent post by Chicago Tribune, almost 6,00,000 patients shall be notified about the data …
Read More »UK lost $1.8 billion in cyber crime and related fraud in just 6 month time.
National Fraud Intelligence Bureau has just published a report which indicates almost $1.8 billion total financial loss during first 6 months of 2021 due to cyber crime and related fraud. Comparing to the data made available last year, there are more than seven times increase in cyber crimes , rising from …
Read More »Fujifilm gets framed as latest ransomware victim while White House demands action from business leaders
Date: 3rd June 2021 Severity: High Anne Neuberger, the National Security Council’s top cyber official released an open letter that warned businesses about an impending risk in the near future. In a recent report, the Japanese conglomerate Fujifilm announced that it is suffering from a ransomware attack, hence being at …
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