search
Ampath
Trends
- 1
South African pathology laboratory group Ampath is pushing back against claims that it suffered a data breach. The company has publicly downplayed the allegations, but cybersecurity watchers and affected customers are questioning what data may have been exposed and how seriously the incident should be taken.
- 2Ampath disputes claims 80 million patient records breached●Ampath says data breach claims of “80 million patient records” are overstated
South African pathology laboratory Ampath says claims that a data breach exposed 80 million patient records are overstated. The company is pushing back on the reported scale of the incident, though details of how many records were actually affected remain unclear. The dispute has drawn attention to how patient data is protected by major private health providers in South Africa.
- 3Sampath Bank mocked for overly complicated password rules●This dumb password rule is from Sampath Bank. So many rules! https:// dumbpasswordrules.com/sites/sa mpath-bank/ # passw
Sri Lanka's Sampath Bank is being criticised online for imposing an excessive set of password requirements on its customers. The rules are catalogued on a site that collects restrictive or arbitrary password policies, and security-minded users are sharing the example as evidence that convoluted rules can frustrate customers without improving security.