Debangana Ghosh reports: The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) on Thursday made it mandatory for firms to report all incidents of cybersecurity vulnerabilities within six hours of noticing. Internet researchers and cybersecurity experts call it a welcome move, protecting consumers and ensuring companies become more alert of cybersecurity. However, some raise concerns over whether…
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LA County Department of Mental Health Compromised by Phishing Attack
On April 21, the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health disclosed that it had suffered a data breach in a phishing incident. Unauthorized access occurred between October 19 to October 21, 2021. On April 20, LACDMH uploaded a template of its notification letter to the California Attorney General’s Office. That template indicated that the…
Over 20,000 people’s data potentially compromised in phishing scam targeting Valley View Hospital (Colorado)
Ike Fredregill reports: A phishing scam granted outside users access to four Valley View Hospital email accounts, potentially impacting the personal data of about 21,000 people, including hospital employees and patients, a Valley View spokesperson wrote in an email. A Valley View news release Friday states the hospital learned in January that thousands of peoples’…
Friday musings: Do better Twitter
Over the past week, I’ve been contacted by a number of people. Some have contacted me to say that they see what has been going on with the harassment and threats I have received and they are touching base to make sure that I am okay (I am, thank you). Some have contacted me to…
MD: Worcester Co. Addresses Government Email Breach
Mark Fowser reports: Worcester County has discovered a breach of the county government email account which contained limited personal information belonging to about 3,000 government and board of education employee and retiree accounts. Cybersecurity professionals discovered the breach while conducting a forensic investigation into a phishing incident that occurred between November 10th and November 20th,…
Purported Elgin County data posted online by ransomware group: cyber threat expert
Matthew Trevithick reports: The cybersecurity incident that has left Elgin County’s website and email system down since the start of the month may have been the result of a ransomware attack involving a notorious Russia-based ransomware syndicate, Global News has learned. A cyber threat expert says data purporting to belong to the county was posted to the website of the ransomware group…