Zack Whittaker reports: A security flaw on the Florida Department of Revenue website exposed at least hundreds of taxpayers’ Social Security numbers and bank account numbers, a security researcher found. Kamran Mohsin said the security flaw — now fixed — allowed him, or anyone else who was logged in to the state’s business tax registration website,…
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‘We weren’t ready’ — Inside St. Michael Medical Center during October cyberattack outages
Nathan Pilling reports: In early October, a fresh batch of troubles arrived at St. Michael Medical Center. They would first be linked to an “IT security incident.” It would eventually be acknowledged by the hospital’s parent organization, CommonSpirit Health – one of the largest nonprofit health care systems in the country – that the group…
‘Cybersecurity incident’ hits San Diego Unified computer network
Not much in the way of details but City News reports: The offices of San Diego Unified School District have experienced a computer-network security breach, SDUSD officials disclosed this week. District Superintendent Lamont Jackson on Thursday sent a letter to his staff and families of students attending SDUSD campuses to apprise them of what he…
Little Rock School District reports data security incident
Little Rock School District has created a web page about a data security incident detected on Nov. 11. They do not call it ransomware and make no mention of any ransom demand. The only thing they seem to be confident of at this point is that at least some data was exfiltrated, but they say…
NJ: Internet issues caused by ‘unauthorized third party’ close South Jersey school
Trish Hartman reports: Classes are cancelled for the third day in a row in a Gloucester County school district due to technical problems caused by an “unauthorized third party,” according to notifications from the district. The Monroe Township School District cancelled classes on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Read more at 6ABC.
ICE accidentally released the identities of 6,252 immigrants who sought protection in the U.S.
Hamed Aleaziz reports: Immigration and Customs Enforcement accidentally posted the names, birthdates, nationalities and locations of more than 6,000 immigrants who claimed to be fleeing torture and persecution to its website on Monday. The unprecedented data dump could expose the immigrants — all of whom are currently in ICE custody — to retaliation from the…