Italy

Asl Napoli 3 Sud

30,000 €

GDPR enforcement action by Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante) on 2023-09-28.

Rank · Sector

#85

of 270 in Health Care

Rank · Italy

#169

of 543

Rank · All fines

#914

of 3,050

Case details

Authority: Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante)
Date: 2023-09-28
Controller / Processor: Asl Napoli 3 Sud
Sector: Health Care
Quoted Articles: Art. 5 (1) f) GDPR, Art. 25 GDPR, Art. 32 GDPR
Type of violation: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security

Summary

The Italian DPA has fined Asl Napoli 3 Sud EUR 30,000.
The healthcare facility had suffered a ransomware attack that used a virus to restrict access to the healthcare facility's database and demanded a ransom to restore the functionality of its systems.
During its investigation, the Garante DPA found that the controller had failed to install adequate technical and organizational measures to protect personal data. The incident affected data (including health data) of 842,000 patients and employees.

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