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Austria’ s Ministry of Interior launches investigation after 100 government emails are hacked measure. The 100 accounts of the approximately 60,000 BMI email addresses were partially affected. Employees were directly informed, affected systems were isolated and external IT security experts were brought in, which is standard in such cases.
While the breach caused temporary disruptions to some official communication, officials confirmed that no sensitive personal data of Austrian citizens or critical law enforcement information was compromised.
Due to the nature and professionalism of the incident, officials have suggested the attack may have been perpetrated by a state actor, though no specific group has yet been identified.
Austria’ s Ministry of the Interior( BMI) has confirmed it was the victim of a sophisticated cyberattack that breached approximately 100 government email accounts. A criminal complaint has been filed and an investigation into the attack vectors is underway.
The“ targeted and professional” attack prompted the ministry to disconnect its mail servers from the internet as a precautionary
The BMI released a statement noting:“ Operational capacity is fully ensured and essential IT services remain available.” Police information systems, databases, registers, or personal data of citizens were not affected by the cyberattack, the ministry stated.
A criminal complaint for unlawful access to a computer system has been filed with the public prosecutor’ s office, and investigations have been initiated.
Ransomware attack on Dutch lab exposes data of 941,000 patients
Dutch laboratory responsible for a
A significant portion of the country’ s cervical cancer screenings has been hit by a ransomware attack, compromising the data of 941,000 patients. The incident highlights the growing vulnerability of critical healthcare infrastructure to cyber extortion.
The ransomware group, identified as Nova, has threatened to leak the patient data on the dark web, raising serious ethical and security concerns for the organisation and the public. The lab, Clinical Diagnostics, has not commented on whether a ransom was paid to prevent the data leak.
The compromised data includes sensitive information related to cervical cancer screenings, posing a significant risk of a large-scale data breach that could affect a substantial portion of the population.
Clinical Diagnostics issued a statement about the breach, noting:“ Previously, we indicated that we have no indications that the attacker will proceed to leak the copied data. We are aware of the fact that the attacker is once again threatening to leak copied data. This new development obviously has our attention. As indicated earlier, we cannot provide further information regarding certain details.”
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