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NewsTwo South African government agencies hit in cyber-attacks
South Africa’s department of justice and constitutional development (DoJ) and the South African National Space Agency (Sansa) have been targeted by hackers.
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NewsNational Australia Bank tightens up AML regime
Staff and specially hired consultants are checking millions of National Australia Bank customer accounts in an internal project to plug holes in the bank’s anti-money laundering measures, CEO Ross McEwan told the parliamentary economics committee.
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NewsData stolen from United Nations
Earlier this year, hackers gained access into the United Nations’ computer network and stole a trove of data, according to researchers from Resecurity.
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NewsData of nearly 80K MyRepublic customers accessed in breach
The personal data of approximately 80,000 MyRepublic mobile subscribers has been accessed due to a data breach.
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NewsNew Zealand suffers week-plus denial-of-service attack
Customers of Kiwibank are still having trouble accessing online banking and the associated app to make payments and transfers via the New Zealand bank.
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NewsGerman government ministries raided in ML probe
Prosecutors in Germany have raided the finance and justice ministries as they investigate the government’s anti-money laundering agency, the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU).
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NewsItaly’s DPA seeks privacy clarity on Facebook’s smart glasses
Garante, the Italian privacy watchdog, has asked Facebook to provide clarifications so it can assess if the company’s new smart glasses comply with privacy laws.
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NewsFinancial firm fined for breaching AML rules in New Zealand
Derivatives trader CLSA Premium New Zealand has been ordered to pay NZ$770,000 (US$547,000, €463,000) by the country’s high court for breaking anti money laundering laws on almost NZ$50m of suspicious transactions.
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NewsUS manager of Nigerian romance scam jailed for money laundering
An Oklahoma man has received a four-year prison sentence for running a group of money launderers who used online dating websites to defraud romance seekers of at least $2.5m (€2.12m). Among the victims were elderly people across the US.
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NewsBasel Institute on Governance raises doubts on ML/TF fight
The organisation behind the Basel AML Index says the latest findings raise grave questions whether jurisdictions are serious about dealing with money laundering and terrorist financing (ML/TF).
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WebinarHidden Challenges of Data Retention & Minimization
With technological data innovations comes a plethora of new data, and companies are being overwhelmed with enterprise data which can be a liability.
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Q&AInterview: Ramon Bosch, Value Engineering Executive at Microsoft
Ramon Bosch brings more than 15+ years of technical and strategical knowledge in value engineering and risk and compliance to his role at Microsoft.
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AnalysisUK GDPR and Privacy Law: 74 Reforms the Government is Considering
The UK government published its proposals for reforming data protection and privacy law on 10 September, 2021. If even a significant fraction of these reforms are passed, the UK’s data protection and privacy regime could radically change.
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NewsInterpol arrests 1,400 in soccer gambling raids
Around 1,400 people were arrested following thousands of raids by specialised police officers across 28 Asian and European countries in Interpol’s latest crackdown on illegal gambling and related money laundering activities.
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NewsRestaurant owner jailed for Covid fraud
Pizza restaurant owner Michael Bischoff of Michigan has been imprisoned 32 months for fraudulently seeking $931,000 (€788,000) in paycheck protection programme (PPP) loans, one of the US government’s Covid-19 relief schemes for businesses.
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NewsEC to introduce cyber security law for connected devices
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced the bloc is bringing in a Cyber Resilience Act to set common cyber security standards for connected devices.
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NewsDanish region faces fine for poor hospital patient security
Denmark’s data protection authority, Datatilsynet, is recommending a financial penalty against the Central Jutland region for failing to ensure a sufficiently high level of security in storing patient records at the regional hospital in Horsens.
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NewsUK, US and Australia announce security partnership
In an effort to counter China, the UK, US and Australia have announced a historic security and defense agreement.
