Frankfort-Schuyler Central School District – Information Technology Assets and Network Access (2022M-151) Released December 30, 2022 Background The District serves the Towns of Frankfort and Schuyler in Herkimer County. The District is governed by the Board of Education (Board), which is composed of seven elected members. The Board is responsible for the general management and…
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DNV Confirms Ransomware Attack Impacting 1,000 Ships
Mike Schuler reports: Classification society DNV is confirming that a recent ransomware cyber attack on its fleet management software has impacted around 1,000 ships. The cyber attack was discovered on the evening of Saturday, January 7, on its ShipManager fleet management and operations platform, forcing the class society to shut down the software’s IT servers. DNV now…
European data protection authorities issue record €2.92 billion in GDPR fines
Michael Hill reports: European data regulators issued a record €2.92 billion in fines last year, a 168% increase from 2021. That’s according to the latest GDPR and Data Breach survey from international law firm DLA Piper, which covers all 27 Member States of the European Union, plus the UK, Norway, Iceland, and Liechtenstein. This year’s biggest fine…
Bank of Thailand blames dating app for phone hacking
Bob Scott reports: The Bank of Thailand (BoT) denied a claim made on social media that a man lost money from his bank account after recharging his phone at a public outlet. BoT believes the theft occurred because the man was a victim of a malware attack. Police also attributed the theft to malware, stating that the user had…
Ransomware Diaries: Volume 1: LockBit
Written by Jon DiMaggio. Conducting a behavioral profile of ransomware attackers will give you a better understanding of who is behind the attacks threatening your organization. Behavioral profiling adds value to defenders who can use it to identify an attacker and negotiators who will know the motivations and beliefs of the human being they are…
WA: Therapist notifies clients after tricked by a hacker
Some breaches may be more embarrassing to admit to than others. Kudos to this therapist for forthrightly informing the Washington state attorney general what happened: I am writing to advise you of a computer data breach, which occurred from December 2 to December 4, 2022. I was contacted by a person representing himself as an…