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Catches of the Month: Phishing Scams for March 2022

IT Governance

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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Security Affairs newsletter Round 271

Security Affairs

Asian media firm E27 hacked, attackers asked for a donation Australian ACSC ‘s report confirms the use of Chinese malware in recent attacks Magento 1.x

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China Issues Draft Data Security Law

Hunton Privacy

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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How to Ensure Your Digital Security During the Rugby World Cup

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Just a couple of months after that, World Rugby itself announced that one of its training websites had suffered a security breach that exposed subscribers’ account information. First, it said that it would invest in cultivating military assets in the digital space, as reported by the Organization for World Peace.

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Finland: Data Protection Authority sends GDPR anniversary greetings issuing its first fines

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

Just as the second anniversary of the GDPR was looming close, the Data Protection Ombudsman’s collegial body, responsible for determining administrative fines in Finland, issued administrative fines against three Finnish companies for their infringements of data protection laws. Collection of unnecessary personal data.

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2022 Cyber Security Review of the Year

IT Governance

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

Hunton Privacy

Training about personal data protection by world and European experts. Training about personal data protection by world and European experts. All government agencies are obliged to continuously educate their staff and train them to apply new standards which have been included in our legal system.”.