Arkport Central School District – Network Access Controls (2021M-162) January 28, 2022 Quick Facts about the District: Enabled Network User Accounts Student 489 Non-Student 259 Total 748 IT Vendor Contract Services 2021 Expenditures $602,824 Audit Period July 1, 2020 – September 21, 2021 Audit Objective Determine whether Arkport Central School District (District) officials ensured network…
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Security issue may have made some personal information vulnerable on WSDOT system
OLYMPIA – A vulnerability involving a Washington State Department of Transportation system may have exposed personal information stored in an internal database of about 2,200 people, and the agency is reaching out to help notify them of the incident. It is not known if anyone obtained the information for illegal use, and the vulnerability within…
UK Snack Company Hit by Ransomware Attack, Which Could Cause Delivery Delays
James Davey of Reuters reports: Hackers are hitting Britain where it hurts by targeting some of its favorite savory snacks, with the likes of Hula Hoops, KP Nuts, Butterkist popcorn and Nik Naks in their cyber sights. The company behind those brands, KP Snacks, has revealed it has been hit by a cyber-attack which could…
North Korea Hacked Him. So He Took Down Its Internet
What a great — and thought-provoking — story by Andy Greenberg: For the past two weeks, observers of North Korea’s strange and tightly restricted corner of the internet began to notice that the country seemed to be dealing with some serious connectivity problems. On several different days, practically all of its websites—the notoriously isolated nation…
Update: Pellissippi State notifies individuals of data breach
NOTE: This incident was reported to the Maine State Attorney General’s Office as affecting 206,000 individuals. Nice follow-up by Pellissippi State Community College in Tennessee to their initial breach disclosure in December. From their website yesterday: Pellissippi State Community College is sending out notifications today regarding a December 2021 data security incident. That incident may…
1 in 7 Ransomware Extortion Attacks Leak Critical Operational Technology Info — Mandiant
Daniel Kapellmann Zafra, Corey Hidelbrandt, Nathan Brubaker, and Keith Lunden of Mandiant write: Data leaks have always been a concern for organizations. The exposure of sensitive information can result in damage to reputation, legal penalties, loss of intellectual property, and even impact the privacy of employees and customers. However, there is little research about the…