Robert Booth reports: Britain’s leading AI institute has announced a new mission to help protect the nation from cyber-attacks on infrastructure, including energy, transport and utilities, after it was embroiled in allegations of toxic work culture and the chief executive resigned amid ministerial pressure. The Alan Turing Institute will “carry out a programme of science and innovation designed to…
Andrew Walsh reports: The Data Protection Commission (DPC) has launched a formal inquiry into Children’s Health Ireland (CHI) following concerns about the security of children’s health records at its Tallaght University Hospital (TUH) facility. The inquiry comes after the DPC received information from multiple sources, including protected disclosures and a breach notification submitted by CHI…….
Alexander Martin reports: Australia became on Friday the first country in the world to require victims of ransomware attacks to declare to the government any extortion payments made on their behalf to cybercriminals. The law, initially proposed last year, only applies to organizations with an annual turnover greater than AUS $3 million ($1.93 million) alongside a smaller…
Chinese hackers remotely accessed US Treasury Department workstations after compromising a cloud-based service operated by BeyondTrust. The post Chinese Hackers Accessed US Treasury Workstations in ‘Major’ Cybersecurity Incident appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Italy’s data protection authority has fined ChatGPT maker OpenAI a fine of €15 million ($15.66 million) over how the generative artificial intelligence application handles personal data. The fine comes nearly a year after the Garante found that ChatGPT processed users’ information to train its service in violation of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation…
Fatima Hussein reports: The Congressional Budget Office on Thursday confirmed it had been hacked, potentially disclosing important government data to malicious actors. The small government office, with some 275 employees, provides objective, impartial analysis to support lawmakers during the budget process. It is required to produce a cost estimate for nearly every bill approved by……
BakerHostetler writes: On Thursday, Jan. 23, DISA Global Solutions, Inc. (DISA) provided an update to customers regarding its April 2024 cyber incident, including the results of its data review and notification plans. According to DISA, its investigation determined an unauthorized third party accessed its environment between Feb. 9, 2024, and April 22, 2024, and “procured…
