Cyber Law Watch

Insight on how cyber risk is being mitigated and managed across the globe.

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Malaysia Airlines Breach
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European Union – General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

Malaysia Airlines Breach

by Jim Bulling and Julia Baldi

Malaysia Airlines was hacked on 26 January 2015, with visitors to malaysiaairlines.com being confronted by an image of a lizard in a top hat, monocle and tuxedo. In addition, customer data appeared to have been leaked online.

See the Bank Info Security post about the breach here.

European Union – General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

by Jim Bulling and Julia Baldi

The European Union has indicated an intention to finalise the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) before the end of 2015. This has the potential to effect Australian companies operating or storing data in Europe.

See the EU press release here.

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