Privacy & Compliance
There is a lot going on around privacy and compliance, especially in Europe. This in itself is a good thing, because data should be adequately protected, especially if it concerns personal data. In practice, however, it turns out to be quite disappointing how well organizations do this. We read and write a lot about data breaches. Over the years there seem to be more rather than fewer of them. Is that because organizations don’t want to do better or can’t do better? Whatever the reason, a good policy on privacy and compliance is indispensable in the current era. Especially with all kinds of new legislation that has been introduced and is coming, the need to put this high on the agenda is only increasing.
Timeline
US warns for cyber attacks on Covid-19 vaccines
The US Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has published a warning that financial institutes must b...
Finnish Parliament was hacked and MPs’ emails breached
The Finnish Parliament stated that hackers breached its internal IT system and gained access to email account...
Facebook closes Irish holding used to evade paying taxes
Facebook is closing several Irish holding companies it uses to evade paying taxes in the United States, the U...
SolarWinds hackers used Microsoft resellers to breach targets
The supposedly Russian hackers behind the worst cyberattack in U.S. history in years used reseller access to ...
Canadian VoIP company Sangoma hit by Conti ransomware
Sangoma Technologies, the Canadian VoIP company has been hit by a ransomware attack. The company sells produc...
China forces large overhaul in company behind Alipay
The Central Bank of China has ordered the Ant Group to make substantial changes to its policy. The company, w...
Law enforcement taskforce takes down cybercriminals in ‘Operation Nova’
In a joint law enforcement operation that comprised of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation, the European U...
SolarWinds hack also hit Cisco, Intel, Nvidia, VMware and Belkin
The Wall Street Journal asked several companies asking whether they had been affected by the malware containe...
Google and Microsoft join Facebook’s legal battle against NSO
Tech giants file "friend of the court" brief that describes the Israeli firm as a menace. Tech giants incl...
Second hack found in SolarWinds software
Security researchers have found a second hack in the SolarWinds Orion software. The hack is less advanced and...