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Wednesday, January 27th, 2021

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    Dutch Insider Attack on COVID-19 Data

    Insider data theft:

    Dutch police have arrested two individuals on Friday for allegedly selling data from the Dutch health ministry’s <https://www.cnet.com/health/covid-19-vaccine-us-requirements-hidden-costs-when-youll-get-vaccinated-more/>COVID-19 systems on the criminal underground.

    […]

    According to Verlaan, the two suspects worked in DDG call centers, where they had access to official Dutch government COVID-19 systems and databases.

    They were working from home:

    “Because people are working from home, they can easily take photos of their screens. This is one of the issues when your administrative staff is working from home,” <https://www.linkedin.com/in/vgevers/>Victor Gevers, Chair of the Dutch Institute for Vulnerability Disclosure, told ZDNet in an interview today.

    All of this remote call-center work brings with it additional risks.

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