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List of data breaches and cyber attacks in April 2021 | As always, you can find the full list of incidents below, with those affecting UK organisations listed in bold. In case you missed it, you may also be interested in our first quarterly review of data breaches and cyber attacks. The report takes the information collected in these lists and… |
Security | cybersecurity | https://www.itgovernance.co.uk/blog/list-of-data-breaches-and-cyber-attacks-in-… | rruggia | |||||
3.6 million social security numbers exposed in unprecedented South Carolina cyber attack - The Verge | United States | "This is not a good day for South Carolina." That was Governor Nikki Haley's public reaction to news that a foreign hacker had infiltrated South Carolina's Department of Revenue and made off with 3.6 million social security numbers and 387,000 credit/debit card numbers. Of the compromised cards… |
Security | cybersecurity | https://www.theverge.com/2012/10/26/3560140/south-carolina-cyber-attack-3-6-mil… | rruggia | ||||
Cyber Attack Disrupts COVID-19 Payouts: Hackers Take Down Italian Social Security Site | italy | We've already seen supposed "elite hackers" attacking the World Health Organization, cyber criminals hitting a COVID-19 vaccine testing facility with ransomware and healthcare workers being targeted with Windows malware using coronavirus information as the lure. Now, it has been reported… |
Security | cybersecurity | https://www.forbes.com/sites/daveywinder/2020/04/02/covid-19-payouts-disrupted-… | rruggia | ||||
INPS hack: Italy’s social security website back online following cyber-attack claims | The Daily Swig | italy | INPS has been distributing emergency funds to those hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic The website of INPS, the Italian department of social security and welfare, appears to be operational again after an apparent cyber-attack forced it offline yesterday (April 1). |
Security | cybersecurity | https://portswigger.net/daily-swig/inps-hack-italys-social-security-website-bac… | rruggia | ||||
Irish health service hit by "very sophisticated" ransomware | Kaspersky official blog | ireland | A ransomware attack forced Ireland’s healthcare service to shut down its servers. Here’s what we know so far. Kaspersky Team May 14, 2021 Updated on May 17, 2021. Media outlets are reporting an attack by ransomware on the Health Service Executive (HSE), Ireland’s healthcare system. The… |
Security | cybersecurity | https://www.kaspersky.co.uk/blog/irish-health-service-ransomware/22768/ | rruggia | ||||
United States: Government-paid family leave among proposed benefit changes - Willis Towers Watson | U.S. Congress is discussing legislation, not yet finalized, that could significantly alter the employee health and benefit landscape. |
https://www.willistowerswatson.com/en-TH/Insights/2021/09/united-states-governm… | pmassetti | |||||||
Employment policy: ILO launches new online database on employment policies and strategies to promote an inclusive job-rich recovery | ilo.org (19.10.2021) The online platform will serve as a unique worldwide reference and source of information on national employment policies, and strategies to promote youth employment. |
Employment of young workers | Published_SS_Monitor_covid19 | https://www.ilo.org/global/about-the-ilo/newsroom/news/WCMS_823445/lang--en/ind… | pmassetti | |||||
South Africa: A New Social Assistance Assessment Aims to Help Strengthen Policies and Programs for the Poor | south africa | worldbank.org (07.10.2021) The World Bank, in collaboration with the Government of South Africa, released a new report assessing the country’s social assistance programs and systems. In an environment of high unemployment, persistent poverty, weak economic growth and shrinking fiscal resources… |
Social assistance, Cash transfers | covid19 | Published_SS_Monitor_covid19, Published_SS_Monitor | https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2021/10/07/south-africa-a-new-s… | pmassetti | |||
Thailand approves $2.8bln more economic support measures | thailand | ZAWYA (18.10.2021) Thailand's cabinet on Tuesday approved a further 92 billion baht ($2.76 billion) of relief measures to help boost its flagging economy as the Southeast Asian country deals with its biggest and most prolonged coronavirus outbreak. Thailand earlier this year approved… |
Employment, Cash transfers | covid19 | Published_SS_Monitor_covid19, Published Measures summary | https://www.zawya.com/mena/en/story/Thailand_approves_28bln_more_economic_suppo… | pmassetti | |||
Nigeria: Assessing Govt's Protective Efforts in Covid-19 Era | nigeria | allafrica.com (14.10.2021) Social protection is a right for the federal government and not a token or favour. The last 18 months have been difficult for families and communities across the country as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The vision of equality and inclusion as explained in the… |
covid19 | Published_SS_Monitor_covid19, Published_SS_Monitor | https://allafrica.com/stories/202110140187.html | pmassetti | ||||
Tax and fiscal policies after the COVID-19 crisis | oecd.org (14.10.2021) The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a significant deterioration in public finances, adding to pre-existing strains from long-term structural challenges including population ageing, climate change, rising inequality, digitalisation and automation. This report, originally… |
Contribution collection and compliance | covid19 | Published_SS_Monitor_covid19, Published_SS_Monitor | https://www.oecd.org/coronavirus/policy-responses/tax-and-fiscal-policies-after… | pmassetti | ||||
Greece: How active labor market programs can support guaranteed minimum income recipients | greece | blogs.worldbank.org (07.10.2021) The Guaranteed Minimum Income (GMI) program is the flagship of Greece’s social protection reforms and particularly effective by international standards in reaching poor households. Its national launch in February 2017 aligned Greece with other EU members in… |
Published_SS_Monitor | https://blogs.worldbank.org/jobs/how-active-labor-market-programs-can-support-g… | pmassetti | |||||
Development and Performance of the Elderly Care System in the People’s Republic of China | china | Asian Development Bank (August 2021) The three-tiered elderly system in the country consists of home-based care as the core support, community-based care as necessary support, and residential care as supplementary support. The main policies and progress of the system are explained,… |
Published_SS_Monitor | https://www.adb.org/publications/development-performance-elderly-care-system-prc | pmassetti | |||||
The Implications of COVID-19 for Welfare and Vulnerability in Nepal | nepal | worldbank.org (06.10.2021) In Nepal, the lockdowns that were adopted to mitigate the public health impacts of Coronavirus (COVID-19) were accompanied by a significant contraction in economic activity. These in turn suggest a negative outlook for poverty and welfare, particularly in the face pre-… |
covid19 | Published_SS_Monitor_covid19 | https://documents.worldbank.org/en/publication/documents-reports/documentdetail… | pmassetti | ||||
G2P Payment Arrangements in Egypt and COVID-19 | egypt | worldbank.org (23.06.2021) The report discusses the "Takaful and Karama" cash transfer program (TKP) in Egypt. Launched in 2015, it is a flagship social assistance initiative of the government. Takaful is a family income support program. It is a conditional cash transfers programme targeting… |
Family benefits, Cash transfers | covid19 | Published_SS_Monitor_covid19, Published_SS_Monitor | https://documents.worldbank.org/en/publication/documents-reports/documentdetail… | pmassetti | |||
Number of pension age Germans projected to increase 22 pct by 2035 | germany | china.org.cn (30.09.2021) The number of people of retirement age in Germany will rise by 22 percent by 2035, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) said on Thursday. The number of people aged 67 or over in the country will go up to 20 million, a 22 percent increase from 2020, the first medium… |
Old-age pensions | Published_SS_Monitor | http://www.china.org.cn/world/Off_the_Wire/2021-09/30/content_77785578.htm | pmassetti | ||||
Ghana. NPRA targets to rope in 11 million workers into pension schemes | ghana | pensionpolicyinternational.com ( (01.10.2020) Mr Alhassan Yakubu Fuseini, the Tamale Zonal Manager of the National Pensions Regulatory Authority (NPRA), says the Authority plans to rope in 11 million workers in the formal sector onto pension schemes. He said as the NPRA works to achieve its… |
Pensions | Published_SS_Monitor | https://www.pensionpolicyinternational.com/npra-targets-to-rope-in-11-million-w… | pmassetti | ||||
Sistema Nacional de Cuidados | uruguay | Al Sistema Nacional de Cuidados le competen:
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Long-term care | https://www.gub.uy/sistema-cuidados/ | rruggia | |||||
Global social protection platform to fill knowledge gap | pakistan | tribune.com.pk (19.09.2021) Taking a lead on universal social protection, the Permanent Mission of Pakistan to the United Nations convened the first meeting of the Group of Friends on Social Protection along with Turkey, Nigeria and Costa Rica. |
covid19 | Published_SS_Monitor_covid19, Published_SS_Monitor | https://tribune.com.pk/story/2320944/global-social-protection-platform-to-fill-… | pmassetti | ||||
US: The new child tax credit does more than just cut poverty | United States | brookings.edu (24.09.2021) With COVID-19’s disruptions in employment, child care, and education, it is unsurprising that child poverty substantially increased in 2020—roughly 1.2 million more children were living in poverty in 2020 when compared to 2019 (an increase from 15.7% to 17.5%). As… |
Family benefits | covid19 | Published_SS_Monitor_covid19, Published_SS_Monitor | https://socialprotection.org/discover/news/blog-new-child-tax-credit-does-more-… | pmassetti | |||
Case study: Data responsibility and digital remote targeting during COVID-19 | calpnetwork.org (10.03. 2021) Challenges due to the pandemic have led to all kinds of innovations and adaptations focused on remote targeting, enrolment, verification and delivery. While required for the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, these new approaches might be useful in future responses that… |
Information and communication technology, Cash transfers | covid19 | Published_SS_Monitor_covid19, Published_SS_Monitor | https://www.calpnetwork.org/publication/case-study-data-responsibility-and-digi… | pmassetti | ||||
Europe: Social protection and inclusion policy responses to the COVID-19 crisis | Europe | European Commission (07.09.2021) This ESPN report examines the (sub)national social protection and inclusion policy measures that European countries put in place to help address the social and financial distress created by the pandemic and by lockdown policies. It covers the 27 EU Member States… |
Social policies & programmes | covid19 | Published_SS_Monitor_covid19, Published_SS_Monitor | https://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?langId=en&%3BcatId=89&%3BnewsId=1006… | pmassetti | |||
Cash and the city: Digital COVID-19 social response in Kinshasa | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | brookings.edu (08.09.2021) As COVID-19 spread across the world, governments responded with an unprecedented increase in social assistance measures. Policymakers had to shift their focus to urban areas, particularly slums, whose residents were hit the hardest by the pandemic and its… |
Information and communication technology, Cash transfers | covid19 | Published_SS_Monitor_covid19, Published_SS_Monitor | https://www.brookings.edu/blog/future-development/2021/09/08/cash-and-the-city-… | pmassetti | |||
COVID-19 and the impact of cash transfers on health care use in Togo | togo | bmchealthservres.biomedcentral.com (27.08.2021) Cash transfer program during pandemics provide a social protection mechanism to improve the health of the most vulnerable households. This article analysis the impact of cash transfers on household demand for health care during Covid-19. |
Health, Cash transfers | covid19, managing reforms, ssptw | Published_SS_Monitor_covid19, Published_SS_Monitor | https://bmchealthservres.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12913-021-06895-2 | pmassetti | |||
Transforming Long-Term Care Pain Management in North America: The Policy-Clinical Interface | Request PDF | United States, canada | Authors:
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Long-term care | https://www.researchgate.net/publication/24170749_Transforming_Long-Term_Care_P… | rruggia |