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Catches of the Month: Phishing Scams for March 2022

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The Ukrainian government and its military were targeted by DDoS (distributed denial-of-service) attacks, while a pro-Ukrainian group attacked the Belarusian railway system with ransomware after discovering that it was being used by Russia to transport tanks and weapons.

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China Issues Draft Data Security Law

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China has lacked a comprehensive data protection and data security law that regulates in detail requirements and procedures relating to the collection, processing, control and storage of personal data. In recent years, China has seen developments on data protection both in legislation and in practice.

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 5 – 11 February 2024

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Data breached: >33,000,000 people’s data. Thailand’s Department of Older Persons breached, exposing almost 20 millio n personal data records The Department of Older Persons, part of Thailand’s Ministry of Social Development and Human Security, suffered a data breach in which 19,718,687 rows or personal data was exposed.

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2022 Cyber Security Review of the Year

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You can see more incidents from January in our list of data breaches and cyber attacks. Tensions rose throughout February as the Russian military amassed across the Ukrainian border. Articles 24(1) and 32(1) state that organisations must implement appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect personal data.

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Serbian Commissioner Emphasizes Data Protection Awareness

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Training about personal data protection by world and European experts. Training about personal data protection by world and European experts. But, definitely we need to work hardest in the area of education. But, I’d like to point out that education must not end with the Commissioner’s activities.

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List of data breaches and cyber attacks in August 2020 – 36.6 million records breached

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Meanwhile, you can stay up to date with the latest news by subscribing to our Weekly Round-up or visiting our blog. Cyber attacks. million) CO-based Mental Health Partners says an employee’s account was hacked (unknown) Sumitomo Forestry Co., Hitachi Chemical Co. Cyber attacks. Hitachi Chemical Co.

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List of data breaches and cyber attacks in February 2022 – 5.1 million records breached

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Malicious insiders and miscellaneous incidents.