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Doctors' passports information leaked after hack at Gelderland elderly home
Cyber criminals have leaked the passports of doctors, nurses and physiotherapists who work or used to work at Attent Care and Treatment, an institution for elderly care in Gelderland. The organization fell victim to a ransomware attack in February. This is evident from research by RTL Nieuws. The documents, along with other sensitive data, have been published by the criminals on the dark web, the hidden part of the internet. It concerns a total of 74 passport documents leaked. According to the cyber criminals, this is just a foretaste: if Attent Care and Treatment refuses to pay, all stolen documents will be published, they threaten.
Hundreds of gigabytes of data
The cybercriminals, who belong to the Qilin ransomware group, claim that they have stolen "hundreds of gigabytes of data". Of that, 110 megabytes have now been published, including copies of passports, salary slips, confidentiality agreements and confidential internal communications. In this internal communication you will find information about how employees can enter the homes of elderly people living independently with the key from the key safe. The residential addresses and codes of these safes can be found in the leaked documents, which could allow malicious people to enter some homes of the elderly.
People informed
Attent Care and Treatment, which is active in Doesburg, Dieren, Rheden, Velp, Arnhem and the municipality of Overbetuwe, states that the attack was discovered on February 17. After the hack, the internal IT systems and the e-mail and telephone system were no longer accessible. The crucial systems have now been restored, according to the website. "The attackers no longer have access to our systems," the organization writes. This is contradicted by Qilin's cybercriminals, but they provide no evidence for this.
1450 employees
"We are aware that data has been stolen. People who we know are directly involved in this stolen data have already been informed," the organization said. A total of around 1450 employees and 500 volunteers work at Attent Care and Treatment.The copies of passports mainly belong to employees, such as doctors, nurses, psychologists and physiotherapists. Some passport copies are no longer valid for ten years, but can still be found in the systems of Attent Care and Treatment and can now also be found on the dark web. Copies of passports are in demand by cybercriminals, who misuse the documents for identity fraud. With the free KopieID app you can make a safe copy of your proof of identity.
Little known
Qilin is a new ransomware group that has been making victims since the summer of last year. The group mainly attacks organizations in production, healthcare and education. Furthermore, relatively little is known about cyber criminals, for example where they come from. Attentive Care and Treatment has reported this to the Dutch Data Protection Authority and is filing a report with the police. The Health and Youth Care Inspectorate (IGJ) has also been informed about the hack. The organization does not make any further statements as to whether negotiations are taking place with the cybercriminals or whether ransoms are being paid.
Source: https://www.rtlnieuws.nl/nieuws/nederland/artikel/5370082/attent-zorg-behandeling-hack-ransomware-paspoorten-datalek
No orders: production at Sappi paper mill is at a standstill
Since March 8, there has been no production at Sappi's paper mills in Maastricht and Lanaken. This is due to a lack of orders. According to a spokesman, this will continue until at least the end of March. Also in April, production will not yet be at the old level, the spokesman expects that only later. The time will be used for staff training and painting and cleaning in the factories.
Stockpiling
The lack of orders, according to Sappi, is due to the sharply increased prices of energy and raw materials. Clients have stockpiled larger supplies of paper in advance and are now using up those supplies.
Paid through
According to the spokesman, the situation does not affect staff. No people have to leave. Everyone continues to be paid in anticipation of better times. Some 450 people work at Sappi in Maastricht.
Trade union
Trade union CNV confirms the story. According to the union, good agreements have been made with Sappi to bridge slack periods. No one is being laid off and the contracts of temporary workers also continue. The company is committed to retaining good staff.
Source: https://www.1limburg.nl/nieuws/2154476/geen-opdrachten-productie-papierfabriek-sappi-ligt-stil
Security first in strike at ING data center
Unions are threatening ING with work stoppages, starting at the bank's data center. They are giving the bank until next Thursday to come up with a substantially higher wage offer. Otherwise, work there will be interrupted for two to three hours. Employees then close their laptops and do not answer the phone. Reinier Castelein, chairman of De Unie, confirmed yesterday in the FD that the data center will also be included in the actions. Earlier, De Telegraaf had alluded to this. Duygu Akçay, director at FNV Finance, stressed, when asked, that safety is absolutely not at risk. Everyone, including data center employees, should be able to take action. But risks are being avoided, she let it be known. Without commenting specifically on the situation in the data center, Akçay did say that security talks are underway with the bank's management. It is being determined which crucial departments must stay out of the actions or will feel minimal impact.
Pressure
The FNV Finance, CNV Vakmensen and De Unie are certainly going to add to the pressure. 'But we are not going to cause disproportionate damage to the bank,' Akçay said. She does not want to specify in detail what the actions at the data center will look like pending the security consultations. Akçay does draw a comparison with the fire department, police or ambulance. 'They would always work with minimal staffing during actions. They are not going to create a situation where a terrorist attack can happen. Conclusion: there will be actions but crucial bank functions will not be affected. Incidentally, it is quite unique for a bank to go on strike, let alone involve data center employees. Last Tuesday was the first brief strike in ING's history. New strikes have been announced for March 30, April 11 and April 24.
Source: https://www.computable.nl/artikel/nieuws/datacenters/7485231/250449/veiligheid-voorop-bij-staking-in-datacentrum-ing.html?utm_source=computable.nl&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=dagelijkse_update&utm_content=topartikelen
Work at 100 construction sites halted after inspection check
The Labor Inspectorate found violations at 140 of 200 construction sites inspected during an inspection last week. At more than 100 construction sites, those violations were so dangerous that work was immediately halted. The violations were mostly seen at solar panel installers and roofers. These sites lacked, for example, scaffolding, fencing or railings, which reduce the danger of falling. Construction sites may not be worked on again until it can be demonstrated that it is safe. In all, more than 250 violations were seen. About 150 inspectors went to check construction sites last Thursday. A striking number of violations were seen in the provinces of Limburg and North Brabant. A number of companies were fined for violating the Occupational Health and Safety Act. If there was no immediate danger, companies only received a warning.
'Incredibly sad'
Over the past three years, there have been five fatal accidents while installing solar panels, says a spokesman for the inspectorate. "It is incredibly sad that on some construction sites it is still so unsafe," he said. Just two months ago, the Labor Inspectorate called for more attention to safety when installing solar panels. Among the accidents the inspection found then, 80 percent involved a technician falling off or through a roof. In more than half of those cases, someone suffered broken bones. 20 percent sustained a head injury from the accident; in 10 percent of the cases, the injury was permanent.
Source: https://nos.nl/artikel/2468552-werk-op-honderd-bouwplaatsen-stilgelegd-na-controle-inspectie
Cyber criminals have leaked the passports of doctors, nurses and physiotherapists who work or used to work at Attent Care and Treatment, an institution for elderly care in Gelderland. The organization fell victim to a ransomware attack in February. This is evident from research by RTL Nieuws. The documents, along with other sensitive data, have been published by the criminals on the dark web, the hidden part of the internet. It concerns a total of 74 passport documents leaked. According to the cyber criminals, this is just a foretaste: if Attent Care and Treatment refuses to pay, all stolen documents will be published, they threaten.
Hundreds of gigabytes of data
The cybercriminals, who belong to the Qilin ransomware group, claim that they have stolen "hundreds of gigabytes of data". Of that, 110 megabytes have now been published, including copies of passports, salary slips, confidentiality agreements and confidential internal communications. In this internal communication you will find information about how employees can enter the homes of elderly people living independently with the key from the key safe. The residential addresses and codes of these safes can be found in the leaked documents, which could allow malicious people to enter some homes of the elderly.
People informed
Attent Care and Treatment, which is active in Doesburg, Dieren, Rheden, Velp, Arnhem and the municipality of Overbetuwe, states that the attack was discovered on February 17. After the hack, the internal IT systems and the e-mail and telephone system were no longer accessible. The crucial systems have now been restored, according to the website. "The attackers no longer have access to our systems," the organization writes. This is contradicted by Qilin's cybercriminals, but they provide no evidence for this.
1450 employees
"We are aware that data has been stolen. People who we know are directly involved in this stolen data have already been informed," the organization said. A total of around 1450 employees and 500 volunteers work at Attent Care and Treatment.The copies of passports mainly belong to employees, such as doctors, nurses, psychologists and physiotherapists. Some passport copies are no longer valid for ten years, but can still be found in the systems of Attent Care and Treatment and can now also be found on the dark web. Copies of passports are in demand by cybercriminals, who misuse the documents for identity fraud. With the free KopieID app you can make a safe copy of your proof of identity.
Little known
Qilin is a new ransomware group that has been making victims since the summer of last year. The group mainly attacks organizations in production, healthcare and education. Furthermore, relatively little is known about cyber criminals, for example where they come from. Attentive Care and Treatment has reported this to the Dutch Data Protection Authority and is filing a report with the police. The Health and Youth Care Inspectorate (IGJ) has also been informed about the hack. The organization does not make any further statements as to whether negotiations are taking place with the cybercriminals or whether ransoms are being paid.
Source: https://www.rtlnieuws.nl/nieuws/nederland/artikel/5370082/attent-zorg-behandeling-hack-ransomware-paspoorten-datalek
No orders: production at Sappi paper mill is at a standstill
Since March 8, there has been no production at Sappi's paper mills in Maastricht and Lanaken. This is due to a lack of orders. According to a spokesman, this will continue until at least the end of March. Also in April, production will not yet be at the old level, the spokesman expects that only later. The time will be used for staff training and painting and cleaning in the factories.
Stockpiling
The lack of orders, according to Sappi, is due to the sharply increased prices of energy and raw materials. Clients have stockpiled larger supplies of paper in advance and are now using up those supplies.
Paid through
According to the spokesman, the situation does not affect staff. No people have to leave. Everyone continues to be paid in anticipation of better times. Some 450 people work at Sappi in Maastricht.
Trade union
Trade union CNV confirms the story. According to the union, good agreements have been made with Sappi to bridge slack periods. No one is being laid off and the contracts of temporary workers also continue. The company is committed to retaining good staff.
Source: https://www.1limburg.nl/nieuws/2154476/geen-opdrachten-productie-papierfabriek-sappi-ligt-stil
Security first in strike at ING data center
Unions are threatening ING with work stoppages, starting at the bank's data center. They are giving the bank until next Thursday to come up with a substantially higher wage offer. Otherwise, work there will be interrupted for two to three hours. Employees then close their laptops and do not answer the phone. Reinier Castelein, chairman of De Unie, confirmed yesterday in the FD that the data center will also be included in the actions. Earlier, De Telegraaf had alluded to this. Duygu Akçay, director at FNV Finance, stressed, when asked, that safety is absolutely not at risk. Everyone, including data center employees, should be able to take action. But risks are being avoided, she let it be known. Without commenting specifically on the situation in the data center, Akçay did say that security talks are underway with the bank's management. It is being determined which crucial departments must stay out of the actions or will feel minimal impact.
Pressure
The FNV Finance, CNV Vakmensen and De Unie are certainly going to add to the pressure. 'But we are not going to cause disproportionate damage to the bank,' Akçay said. She does not want to specify in detail what the actions at the data center will look like pending the security consultations. Akçay does draw a comparison with the fire department, police or ambulance. 'They would always work with minimal staffing during actions. They are not going to create a situation where a terrorist attack can happen. Conclusion: there will be actions but crucial bank functions will not be affected. Incidentally, it is quite unique for a bank to go on strike, let alone involve data center employees. Last Tuesday was the first brief strike in ING's history. New strikes have been announced for March 30, April 11 and April 24.
Source: https://www.computable.nl/artikel/nieuws/datacenters/7485231/250449/veiligheid-voorop-bij-staking-in-datacentrum-ing.html?utm_source=computable.nl&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=dagelijkse_update&utm_content=topartikelen
Work at 100 construction sites halted after inspection check
The Labor Inspectorate found violations at 140 of 200 construction sites inspected during an inspection last week. At more than 100 construction sites, those violations were so dangerous that work was immediately halted. The violations were mostly seen at solar panel installers and roofers. These sites lacked, for example, scaffolding, fencing or railings, which reduce the danger of falling. Construction sites may not be worked on again until it can be demonstrated that it is safe. In all, more than 250 violations were seen. About 150 inspectors went to check construction sites last Thursday. A striking number of violations were seen in the provinces of Limburg and North Brabant. A number of companies were fined for violating the Occupational Health and Safety Act. If there was no immediate danger, companies only received a warning.
'Incredibly sad'
Over the past three years, there have been five fatal accidents while installing solar panels, says a spokesman for the inspectorate. "It is incredibly sad that on some construction sites it is still so unsafe," he said. Just two months ago, the Labor Inspectorate called for more attention to safety when installing solar panels. Among the accidents the inspection found then, 80 percent involved a technician falling off or through a roof. In more than half of those cases, someone suffered broken bones. 20 percent sustained a head injury from the accident; in 10 percent of the cases, the injury was permanent.
Source: https://nos.nl/artikel/2468552-werk-op-honderd-bouwplaatsen-stilgelegd-na-controle-inspectie
Translated from Dutch to English with Deeple Translate