Here’s one proactive approach to helping businesses and organizations keep current on the threat landscape: The South East Regional Organised Crime Unit (SEROCU) has today (21/6) announced that every business and organisation in the region can now get access to a free tool called Police CyberAlarm, designed to help them understand and monitor the threats…
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WorkForce West Virginia notifies clients of potential data breach
Jeff Jenkins reports: WorkForce West Virginia has notified a number of state residents in the past week of a potential data breach involving some of their personal information. WorkForce said that on April 13 it learned that “an unauthorized individual” accessed the Mid Atlantic Career Consortium Employment Services database and potentially could have taken personal…
Dk: Bauhaus remains open while recovering from cyber incident
The following is a machine translation of a statement on Bauhaus’s site. Bauhaus is a chain of home construction goods. Last updated June 22, at 11.27 BAUHAUS stays open despite serious hacker attacks BAUHAUS was subjected to a serious hacker attack over the weekend. This means that we work at high pressure to be able to service…
U.S. SEC probing SolarWinds clients over cyber breach disclosures -sources
Katanga Johnson reports: The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has opened a probe into last year’s SolarWinds cyber breach, focusing on whether some companies failed to disclose that they had been affected by the unprecedented hack, two persons familiar with the investigation said on Monday. The SEC sent investigative letters late last week to a…
New Australian bill would force companies to disclose ransomware payments
Catalin Cimpanu reports: Australian lawmakers have filed on Monday a new bill that would mandate that local companies inform the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) of their intention to pay a ransomware gang. The Ransomware Payments Bill 2021 was put forward today by Tim Watts, Australia’s Shadow Assistant Minister for Cyber Security, and comes after Australian companies…
Maryland Has Detected Over 500,000 Potentially Fraudulent Unemployment Claim In Last Six Weeks
A press release from Maryland Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation: BALTIMORE (June 21, 2021) – The Maryland Department of Labor (Labor) today announced that the department has detected over 508,000 fraudulent new unemployment insurance claims since the beginning of May. “With fraudulent activity rampant in unemployment insurance programs across the country, Maryland has consistently adapted…