60 Incidents- October
Imagine what the impact could be for mentioned organizations, reputation, loss of turnover, customers leaving, legal, financial aspects, employees can't do their work etc. etc.
- Fire in dryer at Rentex Bolsward laundry; company evacuated
- Sunweb holidaymakers concerned after travel details stolen: “Who will look after my house now?”
- Beer dispute and empty shelves: Jumbo ends partnership with purchasing giants
- Public Prosecutor demands €25,000 fine for healthcare institution after client's death
- Last year, the Ommelander Hospital in Groningen scored a 1, this year they will not receive a score at all
- Twente asphalt plant fined again for emissions of harmful substances
- Companies in Volendam victims of ransomware attack
- Telephone failure at Adrz hospital
- South Holland education group leaked hundreds of email addresses through phishing
- Shipyard workers in Rotterdam port on strike, fears of major congestion, ships unable to move
- Train traffic at Amsterdam Central Station briefly halted after XR action on the tracks
- University deeply shocked by lab occupation: 'There could have been fatalities'
- Train traffic around Schiphol reduced all day due to signal failure
- Short circuit likely caused fire at Pouw bus rental in Vianen, three buses lost
- Many security companies in Rotterdam port not up to standard during inspections
- Man seriously injured in industrial accident in Arnhem
- Two people taken to hospital, 19 evacuated after fire at care facility in Huis ter Heide
- Persistent bacteria in brewery has been spoiling Leo's beer for months
- Elkerliek Hospital website in Helmond down: impossible to make online appointments at this hospital
- Town hall employee threatened with death, man (37) arrested
- Huize Brandsen elderly care facility in Baarn placed under increased supervision by the inspectorate
- Waste processing company Omrin victim of ransomware attack
- RIVM takes website offline because hackers post dog video and fake information
- Defence Ministry did not act according to standards in run-up to fatal mortar accident in Mali
- Debt collection agency Debtt in Dronten demands that Google remove negative reviews
- Fire at ArtEZ Academy school, students taken to hospital
- Port of Rotterdam Authority on damage caused by strikes: “Over 1,000 kilometres of containers”
- Fire at flavouring manufacturer in Zwartsluis after cooking pot with sugar catches fire
- Devastation at Rabobank in Den Helder, man (41) smashes windows
- Discredited fertility clinic careless with patient data
- Fire at high altitude at Erasmus University, employees spring into action
- Injury at waste processing plant after fall in landfill site
- Industrial accident in Well: employee trapped in carrot washing machine
- Major alarm at Chemelot due to ammonia leak
- Liander error causes power surge, broken appliances and blown fuses in 140 households
- Credit rating agency Experian fined €2.7 million for violating GDPR
- Locks of dozens of Albert Heijn branches sprayed with glue
- Loss of hundreds of thousands of customers forces Ziggo to change course
- Server crashes during advance ticket sales for Suzan & Freek
- Road worker electrocuted while removing diversion sign
- Thieves steal more than €70,000 worth of goods from construction company in 17 minutes
- Industrial accident at a supplier of pallets and packaging materials in Hasselt, one person injured
- One sick train traffic controller in Randstad caused fewer trains for hours
- Man electrocuted in industrial accident, taken to hospital conscious
- Albert Heijn employees victims of hack again: passports and personnel files leaked
- Data breach at waste processor Omrin affects municipalities in Groningen: “We don't know what data has been leaked”
- Man trapped in concrete mixer in industrial accident
- Major hack affects Bun supermarkets, sensitive data stolen
- Operations at ETZ's TweeSteden Hospital cancelled due to leak in storage room
- Employee falls from stairs, lands in sewage pumping station and has to be taken to hospital
- Zara blunder: printing error on new jumpers for Maastricht branch launch
- Problems at Dutch Railways due to major Microsoft internet outage
- Vote counting in Venray suspended after fire: town hall evacuated
- Ammonia leak at FrieslandCampina in Beilen
- Power grid congestion only getting longer: 14,000 companies on waiting list (*)
- One in three hospitals financially unstable, concerns about personnel costs (*)
- GP emergency centres do not have information security in order (*)
- Government intervenes at chip manufacturer Nexperia (*)
- Fewer trains in Randstad due to shortage of traffic controllers (*)
- Nationwide disruption at banks, some payments delayed (*)
(*) see for more at Headlines.