Harvey Cashore, Eva Uguen-Csenge, and Mark Kelley report: Kelowna nurse Ashley Stone sits down at her kitchen table, opens a bulky blue folder containing a paper trail of 10 years of multiple frauds committed in her name by imposters and gets right to the point. “It’s just been a nightmare.” She says she’s had to…
Category: Government Sector
Shad White’s office finds nearly a third of Mississippi’s state agencies fail cybersecurity requirements
Stephanie Cunningham reports: According to Mississippi State Auditor Shad White, a third of state offices are at risk of cybercrimes due to not meeting cybersecurity assessment requirements according to a report released yesterday, Tuesday, Oct. 7. Auditor Shad White stated in the release, “Part of our role in my office according to state regulations is…
NSW gov contractor uploaded Excel spreadsheet of flood victims’ data to ChatGPT
Ry Crozier brings us today’s installment of the “No Need to Hack When It’s Leaking” Files The victims of the breach are applicants to the Northern Rivers Resilient Homes Program, under which the government is offering to either buy back flood-prone homes, contribute to the cost of rebuilding, or to improve resilience such as by elevating…
Judge throws out lawsuit against Columbus over data breach
Fox28 reports: A Franklin County judge dismissed a lawsuit against the city of Columbus, which claimed it failed to follow industry standards and federal guidelines for data security. The lawsuit was filed last year after the ransomware group Rhysida claimed it stole over 6 terabytes of city data and posted it for sale. The incident caused the city to shut down multiple systems…
The Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office Updates Ransomware Attack Incident
On September 17, the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office posted the following update to a ransomware attack it initially disclosed on August 11. HARRISBURG — The Office of Attorney General is providing an update regarding the cyber incident last month that impacted our agency. As previously reported, the incident was the result of a malicious actor…
FOIA Document on Breach of Sensitive DHS Domestic Intelligence Sharing Portal
Today’s entry in our “No Need to Hack When It’s Leaking” files is courtesy of the Brennan Center, which obtained an internal oversight report detailing the two-months-long exposure of federal, state, and local intelligence about Americans. A 2024 internal oversight report from the Office of Intelligence and Analysis of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security…