Adam Goldman, Glenn Thrush, and Mattathias Schwartz report: Investigators have uncovered evidence that Russia is at least partly responsible for a recent hack of the computer system that manages federal court documents, including highly sensitive records with information that could reveal sources and people charged with national security crimes, according to several people briefed on…
Category: Government Sector
Hackers post stolen St. Paul data online as efforts to reset city employee passwords surge forward
Mayor Melvin Carter said a hacker group on Monday posted 43 gigabytes of stolen data taken from server of St. Paul Parks and Rec Department. The InterLock ransomware group claims responsibility for the attack and leak. Rob Olson reports: For the second day, a steady stream of St. Paul employees streamed in and out of…
Federal judiciary says it is boosting security after cyberattack; researcher finds new leaks (CORRECTED)
CNN reports: Federal court officials said Thursday that the judicial branch is taking steps to improve online security – including for sensitive case documents – after “escalated cyberattacks” aimed at its case management system. “The federal Judiciary is taking additional steps to strengthen protections for sensitive case documents in response to recent escalated cyberattacks of…
Dutch Prosecution Service begins phased system reboot after cyberattack
NL Times reports: The Dutch Public Prosecution Service (Openbaar Ministerie, OM) has begun reconnecting its systems to the internet after a cyberattack last month forced a full digital shutdown. External experts have determined it is now safe to bring the systems back online gradually. According to the OM, no data was stolen or altered in the attack. The…
Florida prison data breach exposes visitors’ contact information to inmates
Mitch Perry reports: Dozens and perhaps hundreds of individuals who applied to visit inmates at Everglades Correctional Institution (ECI) in Miami-Dade County last weekend had their personal contact information shared with every inmate at that facility, according to five different individuals who have spoken to the Phoenix over the past four days. The Florida Department…
Oops! Catasauqua employees’ Social Security numbers, other data accidentally sent to government watchdog group
Daniel Patrick Sheehan reports: Responding to a Right-to-Know Law request from a government watchdog group, Catasauqua accidentally released unredacted W-2 tax forms of 70 employees and former employees, exposing their Social Security numbers and other personal data, a borough official confirmed. Borough Manager Glenn Eckhart said the incident happened last month when the group, Open the…