Thomson Reuters reports: Russian state media company VGTRK has been targeted in an unprecedented cyberattack, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Monday, saying that specialists were working hard to determine who was responsible. VGTRK, which owns and operates Russia’s main national TV channels and a slew of regional channels and radio stations, said earlier on…
Category: Government Sector
Malware attack on State Data Center in India puts some citizen services at a standstill
CSO reports: India’s hill state of Uttarakhand’s entire IT infrastructure came to a standstill on Friday after malware was detected on systems at the State Data Center. The shutdown impacted several critical services, including government websites, the Chief Minister’s helpline, and land registration services. Officials, suspecting a cyberattack, launched an investigation into the breach, while…
Cyberattack hits Wayne County government; services affected as hacker demands ransom
Ross Jones reports: Wayne County government fell victim to a cyberattack Wednesday, according to sources, bringing some services to a standstill. It was not clear Wednesday who was behind the hack, but a source says the hacker made a financial demand of the county through ransomware. “The county information technology team is aware of a…
Ie: PSNI fined £750,000 for ‘egregious’ data breach
Ireland Live reports: The Police Service of Northern Ireland has been fined £750,000 for an “egregious” data breach in which the personal information of staff and officers was released. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) fined the organisation for the “serious” breach that left many PSNI workers fearing for their safety and said “simple-to-implement” procedures could…
Previously Extradited Nigerian National Sentenced For Role In Multimillion-Dollar Business Email Compromise Schemes Targeting Educational Institutions And Businesses in North Carolina and Texas
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – A dual citizen of Nigeria and the United Kingdom was sentenced today to seven years in prison for his role in a multimillion-dollar business email compromise (BEC) scheme, announced Dena J. King, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina, and Alamdar S. Hamdani, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Texas….
Barbados Revenue Authority files listed for sale by threat actors (1)
Records from the Barbados Revenue Authority such as property tax records and vehicle owner’s registration records are being offered for sale, but is the government even aware that personal information has been acquired and is at risk of misuse? According to a post on a well-established Russian-language forum, there are 230GB of uncompressed data that…