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Estonian National charged with helping Russia acquire U.S. hacking tools and electronics

Security Affairs

made electronics on behalf of the Russian government and military. The Estonian man is accused of having helped the Russian government and military to purchase US-made electronics and hacking tools. “Shevlyakov also attempted to acquire computer hacking tools.” ” reads a press release published by DoJ.

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Notice of employer electronic monitoring

Data Protection Report

who monitors or otherwise intercepts telephone conversations or transmissions, electronic mail or transmissions, or internet access or usage of or by an employee by any electronic device or system, including but not limited to the use of a computer, telephone, wire, radio, or electromagnetic, photoelectronic or photooptical systems.

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Acer Philippines disclosed a data breach after a third-party vendor hack

Security Affairs

is a Taiwanese multinational company that produces computer hardware and electronics, Acer is investigating the security breach with the help of cybersecurity experts and notified the National Privacy Commission (NPC) and the Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center (CICC) in the Philippines.

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News alert: Chiral announces $3.8m funding round to advance nanomaterial chip manufacturing

The Last Watchdog

However, making electronic devices with these extremely small materials at speed, with precision, and without compromising on quality has been a long-standing obstacle. Its expertise in nanotechnology, automation, and high-precision robotics will be pivotal in the industry’s move beyond silicon to the next generation of electronics.

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Two ambulance services in UK lost access to patient records after a cyber attack on software provider

Security Affairs

Swedish software firm Ortivus suffered a cyberattack that has resulted in at least two British ambulance services losing access to electronic patient records. Two British ambulance services were not able to access electronic patient records after a cyber attack that hit their software provider Ortivus. ” reads the announcement.

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France: the CNIL has released its annual dawn raid Program for 2023: four national priorities and one priority coming from the EDPB!

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

As a reminder, in 2022, the CNIL priority topics were (i) direct marketing (ii) monitoring telework and (iii) the use of cloud computing (see our previous post ). The CNIL’s roadmap for its dawn raids in 2023 is thus to check that the use of “smart” cameras, complies with the legal framework.

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Snatch gang claims the hack of the Department of Defence South Africa

Security Affairs

Department of Defence South African (DARPA) Cc/ @securityaffairs @FBussoletti DRM: [link] pic.twitter.com/BwcVkOQXRo — Claudio (@sonoclaudio) August 22, 2023 At the time of this writing the leak site is unreachable. HENSOLDT is a company specializing in military and defense electronics.