Ben Bokun and Alice Reid report: The Menominee Casino Resort confirms it’s experiencing technical difficulties following a cyberattack. A statement from the casino said the issues were caused by an “attempted external attack on our computer systems.” Tribal Legislature Chairman Gunnar Peters told NBC 26 the security breach happened Friday. The hit to the casino was…
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CO: Cedaredge company fined for not securing customer data
The Daily Sentinel reports: A Cedaredge-based mobile home management company has been fined $25,000 for failing to secure its customers data. The Colorado Attorney General’s Office announced the fine and an agreement for Impact MHC to implement new data security measures after a 2018 data breach. According to a news release, the breach exposed sensitive…
NYS Comptroller DiNapoli Releases School District Audit of East Syracuse-Minoa Central School District – Information Technology (Onondaga County and Madison County)
Summary: Audit Objective Determine whether East Syracuse Minoa Central School District (District) officials established adequate information technology (IT) controls to ensure employees’ personal, private and sensitive information (PPSI) on the financial server was adequately protected from unauthorized access, use and loss. Key Findings District officials did not adequately apply established IT controls to ensure PPSI…
A Fire And Cyberattack Cause Major Blackouts Across Puerto Rico
Jaclyn Diaz reports: A large fire at an electrical substation for Puerto Rico’s new electricity provider, Luma Energy, knocked out power for hundreds of thousands of the island’s residents Thursday. At the height of the blackout, nearly 800,000 customers were without power, according to Luma. By midnight, roughly 60,000 customers were still in the dark….
Volkswagen says a vendor’s security lapse exposed 3.3 million drivers’ details
Zack Whittaker reports: Volkswagen says more than 3.3 million customers had their information exposed after one of its vendors left a cache of customer data unsecured on the internet. The car maker said in a letter that the vendor, used by Volkswagen, its subsidiary Audi and authorized dealers in the U.S. and Canada, left the customer data…
Update on Union Community School District ransomware incident
On June 1, DataBreaches.net reported that DoppelPaymer threat actors had apparently attacked Union Community School District in Iowa and exfiltrated data about employees and students. Neither the district’s superintendent nor any board of education members had responded to this site’s inquiries about whether there had been any public disclosure of the breach that occurred in…