Imogen Howse reports: Russia is suspected to have been behind a cyber attack which exposed the data of tens of millions of voters in the UK, raising fears it was an attempt to undermine democracy. The Electoral Commission admitted on Tuesday (8 August) that hackers had been able to access reference copies of electoral registers from between the years…
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White House Announces Efforts to Strengthen K-12 Schools’ Cybersecurity
Joseph J. Lazzarotti of JacksonLewis writes: In a 2019 post about increasing cyber risks in K-12 schools, we cited a report, “The State of K-12 Cybersecurity: 2018 Year in Review,” that contained sobering information about cybersecurity in local school districts across the country. According to that report, in 2018, there were 122 publicly-disclosed cybersecurity incidents…
Researchers find active campaigns exploiting two Kubernetes misconfigurations
Steve Zurier reports: Aqua Security on Tuesday reported that at least 60% of the Kubernetes clusters they researched were breached and had an active campaign with deployed malware and backdoors. In a release Aug. 8, Aqua Nautilus researchers explained that the exposures were caused by two misconfigurations, which emphasized how known and unknown misconfigurations are…
Outrage at massive police data breach that saw the personal details of more than 10,000 PSNI officers and staff accidentally published online
Daisy Graham-Brown reports: Police in Northern Ireland have been involved in a data breach ‘of monumental proportions’ affecting thousands of officers and civilian staff. The major breach reportedly involves names, ranks and other personal data from employees of the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI), but does not involve the officers’ and civilians’ private addresses, it is…
Oregon Sports Medicine allegedly hit by 8Base threat actors
Oregon Sports Medicine was added to 8Base’s leak site today. No files or filetree was offered as any proof of claims, but the threat actors claim that they acquired: Invoice Receipts Accounting documents Personal data Certificates Employment contracts A huge amount of confidential information Confidentiality agreements Personal files of patients Another The listing indicates that…
Il: Cyberattack shuts down Bnei Brak hospital’s computers
JNS reports: Mayanei Hayeshua Medical Center in Bnei Brak was hit by a cyberattack on Monday night, Israel’s Health Ministry announced on Tuesday morning. The hospital’s administrative computers were shut down in what was described as a ransomware attack. The ultra-Orthodox hospital, located east of Tel Aviv, said medical equipment was not affected by the…