CBS reports: A disruption last month in the Maryland Department of Health’s reporting of COVID-19 data was in fact a ransomware attack, the state’s Chief Information Security Officer Chip Stewart said Wednesday. Read more at CBS Baltimore.
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South African justice department clueless about hacked data
It’s not exactly the headline you’d want for your agency, but that’s what MyBroadband came up with for this report by Myles Illidge: The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development (DoJ&CD) has no idea whether any data was stolen during a ransomware attack on its systems in September 2021. “The Department cannot tell with certainty as to…
PhL Comelec official calls data breach report ‘fake news’
Jauhn Etienne Villaruel reports: A Commission on Elections (Comelec) official for the first time on Wednesday categorically denied its systems were hacked that allegedly compromised sensitive data as claimed by a newspaper report published Monday. Comelec investigating alleged data breach ahead of #Halalan2022 In a tweet, Comelec commissioner Rowena Guanzon labelled as “fake news” the…
WI: Neenah schools investigating apparent cyber attack; classes canceled Wednesday
Gabriella Premus reports: Neenah schools had to close unexpectedly Tuesday after the superintendent said it had what sounds like a cyber attack. The Neenah Joint School District discovered various technology systems down early Monday morning. Internet and phones are down at all schools in the district. Read more at Fox11. See this update of Feb. 4.
Canadian privacy breach: Names of unvaccinated DDSB staff accidentally shared
Jillian Follert reports: A recent privacy breach at the Durham District School Board (DDSB) resulted in the names of staff who are not vaccinated for COVID-19, or have not disclosed their status, inadvertently being shared with about 400 people. The breach happened when the board sent out a “routine” email about rapid testing. Attached to…
Ph: Court records stolen
Some data breaches remain low-tech. Ed Amoroso reports on the theft of paper court records — but 18 sacks of them on a three-wheeler (tricycle)? Amoroso reports that the man, identified as John Carlo Lumbres of Tanauan City, was arrested for stealing records of criminal cases in Batangas. Seized from Lumbres were 18 sacks containing…