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Gov. Hogan bans TikTok use in Maryland state government, citing potential cybersecurity risks

Maryland’s executive agencies will be barred from using the popular social media platform TikTok and other “Chinese and Russian-influenced products and platforms” because of cybersecurity risks, Gov. Larry Hogan announced Tuesday.

Tribune News Service

6,000 attempts to hack ICMR site on November 30

NEW DELHI: It wasn’t just AIIMS. Hackers tried to breach the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) website also. According to sources, 6,000 attempts were made to hack into the website of the apex health research agency of the country on November 30. Allegedly, the IP addresses of the hackers…

The Times of India

Charted: Ransomware gangs' bullseye on U.S. companies

Ransomware gangs targeted 433 U.S. organizations between January and June this year: Report.

Axios

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Security Intelligence Service holds copy of all incoming traveller data

Agreements with Immigration NZ allow the country's main intelligence agency to create a copy of two databases of travellers' information.

Newsroom.co.nz

Amnesty International Canada says it was hacked by Beijing

The Canadian branch of Amnesty International says it was the target of a cyberattack sponsored by China

The Independent UK

Amnesty Canada target of China-linked cyberattack

Rights group says it is publicising the attack to raise awareness of risks faced by civil society.

Al Jazeera

Met police illegally filmed children as young as 10 at climate protest

Big Brother Watch’s FoI request shows force rebuked by watchdog for recording 2019 school strike action in London

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Japan aims to boost cyber defense personnel to 20,000 by fiscal 2027 / New department to be created at GSDF school

Japan aims to more than quadruple its cyber defense personnel while increasing its overall staff dealing with cyber-attacks to 20,000 by fiscal 2027, according to government sources Monday.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Risky online behaviour ‘almost normalised’ among young people, says study

EU-funded survey of people aged 16-19 finds one in four have trolled someone – while UK least ‘cyberdeviant’ of nine countries

The Guardian - UK

After Optus, Medibank hacks, the government plans to firm-up defences for ATO, Centrelink data

The Optus and Medibank hacks were a "wake-up call" for corporate Australia — now the government wants a cybersecurity boost for itself.

ABC News

Toll of cyber-crime on businesses revealed in new research

One in five of 150 companies surveyed by manufacturers organisation Make UK reported substantial financial loss.

The Independent UK

Gun violence reflects failures

Incidences of gun-related violence against women and children are a reflection of the government's failures in controlling the sale and use of firearms to the public, experts and observers told the Bangkok Post.

Bangkok Post

China accused of flooding social media with spam to crowd out protest news

US firm says network of bot accounts also hijacking hashtags in large-scale attempt to obscure coverage

The Guardian - UK

MI5 on lookout for recruit able to see into the future

The Security Service is seeking a James Bond character. . . preferably one with access to a crystal ball

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Seattle-area debt collector allegedly compromised data of 3.7 million people

A Lynnwood, Washington-based debt-collection company has been sued for compromising the names and Social Security information of more than 3.7 million individuals in a data breach in April 2021.

Dublin Live

Lawyers for Graham Dwyer argue keeping mobile phone data is 'opportunistic form of mass surveillance'

Remy Farrell SC, for Dwyer, said mobile phone data should not have been admitted as evidence in his client’s trial as the retention of that data was a breach of his rights under the European Charter of Fundamental Rights

Chronicle Live

Urgent WhatsApp warning issued to millions after phone numbers stolen by hackers

Users of the instant messaging service are being urged not to fall for phishing texts - after it was announced that cyber criminals have access to millions of phone numbers

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AIIMS Server Hacking: Delhi Police Launches Investigation; Online Services To Restore From 6 December

A special cell of Delhi police has launched an investigation into the alleged malware attack in the AIIMS, Delhi. Read on for details:

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The Guardian - AU

Password app LastPass hit by cybersecurity breach but says data remains safe

Company says its security system prevented the hacker accessing customer data or encrypted passwords

The National (Scotland)

'I was spied on five times in a month': EU urged to halt spyware used in Catalonia

A CATALAN MEP has called for a moratorium on the use of a controversial spyware program that was allegedly used to target the…

Bangkok Post

Vanuatu struggles back online weeks after cyberattack

PORT VILA: Vanuatu's government said on Thursday it was slowly getting its communications back online following a cyberattack that knocked out emergency services, email and phone lines on the South Pacific island nation for weeks.

Reuters

Hackers dump more customer data from Australian insurer Medibank

Medibank Private Ltd, Australia's biggest health insurer, said on Thursday hackers had released more of its stolen medical records, as the media reported that the complete set of data on millions of customers was now public.

AAP

Medibank hackers declare 'case closed'

The Medibank hackers declared "case closed" after dumping a final tranche of stolen data, as Australia's information commissioner launches an investigation.

ABC News

More Medibank customer data released onto dark web. Has everything now been released?

Medibank confirms that more stolen customer data has been released on the dark web, amid reports the hackers have released all files remaining in their possession.

The Guardian - AU

Medibank hackers announce ‘case closed’ and dump huge data file on dark web

Medibank confirms it may be the full trove of hundreds of thousands of customers’ private records that were stolen from the health insurer

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