WTAE reports: Hackers have infected every public computer in the St. Louis Public Library system, stopping all book borrowing and cutting off internet access to those who rely on it for computers. […] According to the library, hackers demanded $35,000 in the electronic currency Bitcoin — but the library refuses to pay. Instead, it’ll wipe…
Month: January 2017
PII Training Required for Government Contractors, Effective Jan. 19
Christian B. Nagel, Todd R. Steggerda, Ronald L. Fouse, David G. Dargatis, and Edwin O. Childs of McGuireWoods LLP write: Beginning January 19, federal government contracts will contain additional training requirements for contractors who deal with personally identifiable information (PII) or with a system of records. Affected contractors must provide privacy training to their employees,…
University of Iowa suspects grade tampering reason for HawkID security breach
Vanessa Miller reports: The University of Iowa is investigating a “handful” of possible cases of cheating — and warning the entire campus community to change their HawkID passwords — after a faculty member discovered a student’s grade had been changed without authorization. A university official confirmed the investigation Thursday after UI Chief Information Security Officer…
Passwords of top Trump appointees leaked online after earlier data breaches: Report
Andrew Blake reports: Incoming cybersecurity advisor Rudy Giuliani and more than a dozen other members of President-elect Donald Trump’s cabinet have had their internet passwords compromised during the last several years as the result of large-scale data breaches, according to a new report. Log-in credentials for internet accounts registered in the name of Mr. Giuliani and…
Computer hacker hits Illinois processor
Frank Esposito reports: The computer system of Advanced Flexible Composites Inc. was hacked on Jan. 17, preventing the firm from processing quote requests or orders and from receiving emails. AFC — a maker of fluoropolymer-coated and silicone-coated fabrics and belting in Lake in the Hills, Ill. — reported the hacking incident in a Jan. 17…
California snafu releases personal info of nearly 4,000 gun safety instructors
Perry Chiaramonte reports: The private information of thousands of California firearms instructors was accidentally released by the state late last year in response to a journalist’s Freedom of Information request. The data request was made in August, when a reporter for Southern California Public Radio (KPCC), an NPR affiliate, sought all information on Firearms Safety…