Information security analytics

Credit rating giant Equifax  has been issued with the maximum possible penalty by the UK’s data protection agency for last year’s massive data breach, The TechCrunch reports.

OCR announced Sept. 20 that it has fined three Boston-area hospitals close to $1 million for HIPAA violations involving the filming of ABC’s TV series “Save My Life: Boston Trauma”, the portal Health IT Security reports.

A former high-ranking executive of Lotte Duty Free has been indicted in a South Korean court on white collar crime charges. The indictment accuses him, in part, of passing on highly confidential information to Lotte business rival DFS regarding the $150 million Guam airport retail concessionaire contract, The KUAM News writes.

In H1 2018, state secret incidents accounted for 5.3% of all registered data leaks. This is a digest of state secret leaks, prepared by InfoWatch Analytical Center.

In H1 2018, email services were used for almost one in every 10 registered confidential data leaks. Most incidents were of unintentional nature and thus could have been prevented by properly configured DLP systems. This is a digest of data leaks via email, prepared by InfoWatch Analytical Center.

Because of their position, top managers enjoy privileged access to confidential information, including personal data of employees and customers, trade secrets, and other sensitive information. This is a digest of data leaks by executives, prepared by InfoWatch Analytical Center.

Payment details and personal data of hotel customers are honey pies for cyber criminals who therefore break into Wi-Fi networks and booking systems. This is a digest of leaks from hotel chains, prepared by InfoWatch Analytical Center.

In H1 2018, USB sticks and other removable media accounted for 2.1% of leaks worldwide. Although its share in the leakage breakdown decreased, this channel should not be ignored. DLP systems reliably control the use of removable media in the company, while it also makes sense to encrypt sensitive information for its secure transfer. This is a digest of recent leaks through removable media, prepared by InfoWatch Analytical Center.

Google is to shut down its Google+ social network after the data of 500,000 users was leaked and nobody was told, The Daily Mail reports.

Heathrow Airport has been fined £120,000 by the Information Commissioner's Office for "serious" data protection failings. It comes after a staff member lost a USB stick last October containing "sensitive personal data", which was later found by a member of the public, The BBC reports. Reports at the time claimed this included the Queen's security and travel arrangements, although the ICO would not confirm this.