Jacquelyn Melinek reports: The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s X account has been hacked, a spokesperson confirmed with TechCrunch on Tuesday afternoon. “The SEC’s @SECGov X/Twitter account has been compromised. The unauthorized tweet regarding bitcoin ETFs was not made by the SEC or its staff,” the spokesperson said. A similar statement was shared shortly after on the media…
Category: Government Sector
Area city’s cyber attack: Functions restored, $350,000 spent, personal data issue in limbo
Aimee Hancock reports: The city of Huber Heights remains under a state of emergency as officials work to finalize recovery operations nearly two months after a cyberattack took down multiple government systems and functions. According to City Manager Rick Dzik, all city services are functional, though “additional infrastructure work” is still underway. […] “Payments were…
Republican Representatives Demand Accountability in Wake of DC Elections Voter Data Breach
Ishita Tripathi reports: The DCBOE is under intense scrutiny regarding the October 2023 DC Election data breach. The two House Republicans, Representatives Bryan Steil (R-Wis.) and Laurel Lee (R-Fla.), have written a resolute letter demanding answers following the DC Election data breach. Unveiled just last week, the breach, which unfolded in October, exposed the personal information of some…
Russian hackers believed to be behind cyber attack on Victoria’s County Court
Ben Knight and Harrison Tippet report: Victoria’s court system has been hit by a ransomware attack, which independent experts believe was orchestrated by Russian hackers. A spokesperson for Court Services Victoria (CSV) said hackers accessed an area of the court system’s audio-visual archive. That would mean recordings of hearings including witness testimony from highly sensitive…
4 arrested in Indian Council of Medical Research data leak case now booked in separate incident of ‘data brokering’
Bismee Taskin reports: Weeks after Delhi Police arrested four men suspected of being involved in the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) data leakage case reported two months ago, the four have been booked in a separate case of “data brokering”, ThePrint has learnt. As reported by ThePrint earlier, police had initially suspected the accused of trying…
Clay County, Minnesota discloses ransomware attack in October
On December 22, Clay County published a notice on its website about a ransomware attack in October. According to its notice, on October 27, 2023, the county determined that its network had been impacted by a ransomware attack between October 23 and 26. The attack affected the electronic document management system (“CaseWorks”) hosted by Clay…