The Italian Inter-Ministerial Committee for Cybersecurity chaired by the Prime Minister Mario Draghi, has approved the National Cybersecurity Strategy (2022-2026) and the related Implementation Plan. Through the two approved documents the Government aims to address a plurality of challenges such as: strengthening resilience across the Italian digital transition; the achievement of strategic autonomy in the...
While the Italian State Police had managed to thwart cyber attacks against the Eurovision Song Contest on 14 May 2022, the cyber criminals group Killnet is allegedly behind the DDoS attack which is blocking the website of the Italian State Police. Read more here and here.
ZDNEt reports that the Brazilian e-commerce platform Americanas.com suffered a loss of 923 million Brazilian reais (equivalent to $183 million) as a result of two cyber attacks occurred on February 19 and 20: The attacks blocked the e-commerce platform preventing sales. The other structures of the company, namely physical stores and delivery continues operating during...
The press release of the Eastern District of New Your, US, reports that a criminal complaint was unsealed charging an alleged Venezuelan cyber criminal, known in the web as “Nosophoros,” “Aesculapius” and “Nebuchadnezzar,” with attempted computer intrusions and conspiracy to commit computer intrusions. The charges stem from his use and sale of ransomware, as well...
In this Privacy Espresso, David Finz, author of the book “The Cyber Insurance Imperative” and Vice President of Cyber Risks at Alliant Insurance Services, explains what is cyber insurance and why is it important for any kind of company to adopt it. Cyber insurance is a broad concept that today can be aligned to...
In a report entitled How business executives perceive ransomware threat published by the cybersecurity firm Kaspersky, the company interviewed 900 respondents throughout North America, South America, Africa, Russia, Europe, and Asia-Pacific. The respondents were in senior non-IT management roles at companies having between 50 and 1,000 employees. The report contains interesting statistical data including that:...
The Berlin DPA (Berliner Beauftragten für Datenschutz und Informationsfreiheit) has published a concise guideline on international data transfers relating to Art. 44 and following of the EU GDPR. The guideline notes that personal data may only be processed if there is a permit for this in the law. If personal data is to be transferred...
The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) has just released its 2021 Annual Report 2021. One of the key topics of the Report are international data transfers and in fact in 2021 the EDPB adopted updated recommendations as a consequence of the Court of Justice of the European Union’s decision in the so-called Schrems II case....
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