von Das Team der aigner business solutions GmbH
Ransomware attacks are arguably one of the most widespread attack methods that cyber criminals use to harm companies. The attack method of digital blackmail aims to encrypt as many company-internal files as possible automatically. They should thus be made unusable for the company. The internal information can only be accessed again if the organization pays a ransom to the criminals and in return receives a decryption code for their unusable files. Encrypted files lead to production downtimes, reputational damage and financial losses in companies.
A complete and up-to-date data backup provides a remedy for this from a technical point of view. With this, you can quickly restore all lost information. In order to be able to reverse the effects of such an attack in a reasonable time frame, a sufficient and above all tested backup and restore concept must be in place for the company.
Read more … Ransomware! How does malware get into the company?
von Ramona
As already announced in the media, electronics retailer Conrad fell victim to a hacker attack. This was due to an IT security gap in the company’s own IT systems. This allowed strangers to access a database with almost 14 million customer records over a period of several months. The customer data records included the customers’ postal addresses, e-mail addresses, fax numbers and IBAN numbers. The Bavarian State Office for Data Protection Supervision was also involved in this case.
Read more … Hacker attack: do customers need to be informed?
Another fine for violation of the GDPR – the RLP supervisory authority imposes a fine of EUR 105,000
von Tobias
The supervisory authority RLP imposes a fine of EUR 105,000 after a GDPR violation
The State Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information Rhineland-Palatinate (LfDI) has imposed a fine of 105,000 euros on a hospital in Rhineland-Palatinate. At the same time, the LfDI welcomes the resilient efforts made by the hospital to sustainably promote further developments and improvements in data protection management.
von Nadja-Maria
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) pronounced its judgment on July 29, 2019 in the case C-40/17 (Fashion ID). After the decision of the ECJ on the joint responsibility of the service provider Facebook and the fan page operator, the ECJ developed its case law on joint responsibility in the “Fashion ID” case; this time with far-reaching consequences for almost every website operator. The ECJ ruled that the concept of responsibility should be interpreted broadly and that both the integrator and the third-party provider could be responsible for the integration of third-party content. There is then a joint responsibility according to Art. 26 GDPR, which is limited to the extent that the person responsible actually decides on the purposes and means of data processing.
Read more … Joint responsibility for the integration of third-party content on the website
von Nadja-Maria
The GDPR meets practice. At the data protection day in Cologne on September 24th, 2019, experts discussed concrete implementation experiences with the new regulations. A surprising amount is still open. The point of contention is, in particular, the obligation to report data breaches.
von Carola
The second European Payment Services Directive (PSD2), which applies within the EU and contains both regulatory and civil law elements, has been in full effect since September 14, 2019. What does this mean? What exactly is to be observed? What effects does PSD2 have on data protection for payment data? You can find out in the article.
Read more … Second European Payment Services Directive PSD2 (Payment Services Directive 2)