28th May News Round Up

Air India Cyber-Attack: Data of Millions of Customers Compromised

India’s national airline Air India has said a cyber-attack on its data servers affected about 4.5 million customers around the world. Details including passport and ticket information as well as credit-card data were compromised. Click here to read more

Irish Cyber-Attack: Hackers Bail Out Irish Health Service for Free

Hackers responsible for causing widespread disruption to the Irish health system have unexpectedly gifted it with the tool to help it recover. Irish Prime Minister said on Friday evening that getting the software tool was good, but that enormous work is still required to rebuild the system overall. Click here to read more

New Zealand hospital faces second week of disruption after major cyber attack

A major New Zealand hospital faces a second week of disruption as it struggles to fix its computer system following a massive cyber attack. The attack on Waikato district health board (DHB), which began on Tuesday, has been described by its chief executive, Kevin Snee, as “probably the biggest cyber-attack in New Zealand’s history”. Click here to read more

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The State of Security – 2021 Cybersecurity: Mitigating Mobile Security Risks for CISOs.
Due to the increase in new kinds of cyber attacks, traditional security methods are no longer enough for protecting enterprise data. This is especially true since malicious activity is now targeted towards remote workers and mobile devices. Click here to read more