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French pharmaceuticals distribution platform Apodis Pharma leaking 1.7+ TB of confidential data

Security Affairs

The CyberNews investigation team discovered French pharmaceuticals distribution platform Apodis Pharma leaking 1.7+ Apodis Pharma is a company that offers a digital supply chain management platform and other software solutions created for pharmacies, healthcare institutions, pharmaceutical laboratories, and health insurance companies.

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Using a 'Privacy by Design' Approach to GDPR Compliance

Data Breach Today

To prepare for compliance with the EU's GDPR, which will be enforced beginning in May, organizations must adopt a "privacy by design" approach, says Subhajit Deb, CISO at Dr. Reddy's Laboratories, an India headquartered pharmaceutical company that does business in 11 countries.

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Mozilla Drops Onerep After CEO Admits to Running People-Search Networks

Krebs on Security

.” KrebsOnSecurity also reported that Shelest’s email address was used circa 2010 by an affiliate of Spamit , a Russian-language organization that paid people to aggressively promote websites hawking male enhancement drugs and generic pharmaceuticals. Shelest denied ever being associated with Spamit.

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Australian government secretly releasing sensitive medical records to police

The Guardian Data Protection

Lawyers and health privacy advocates condemn laxness of privacy provisions in guidelines The Australian government is releasing highly sensitive medical records to police through a secret regime that experts say contains fundamentally flawed privacy protections.

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MY TAKE: Why ‘basic research’ is so vital to bringing digital transformation to full fruition

The Last Watchdog

Ongoing basic research in advanced cryptography concepts is pivotal to putting the brakes on widening cyber risks and ultimately arriving at a level of privacy and security that makes sense. Biomedical engineer Dr. Joe Alexander, the former medical director at pharmaceutical giant Pfizer, grabbed a distinguished scientist post, as well.

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Pharmaceutical Company to Plead Guilty and Settle Drug Marketing Charges

Hunton Privacy

Recently, Aegerion Pharmaceuticals announced that it will enter into several settlements and plead guilty to two misdemeanors in connection with alleged violations of HIPAA, drug marketing regulations and securities laws. The criminal charges stem from the company’s marketing of a cholesterol drug called Juxtapid.

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Google Yanks 106 ‘Malicious’ Chrome Extensions

Threatpost

Trojan Chrome browser extensions spied on users and maintained a foothold on the networks of financial services, oil and gas, media and entertainment, healthcare and pharmaceuticals and government organizations.