Riley Chloe reports that Gary, Indiana is trying to recover from a ransomware attack. All of its servers are now being restored and rebuilt. The FBI and the Department of Homeland Security were both alerted and a city spokesperson says they’re still investigating if anyone’s personal information was stolen. “If we discover that any information…
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Jp: Two Salesforce incidents reportedly shut down online vaccination reservation systems, exposed other personal info
Updated May 18: See the Salesforce statement issued May 17 that says confirming that there was no data loss or breach involving the first incident described below. Yomiuri Shimbun reports: A failure in a cloud computing system provided by U.S.-based IT company Salesforce.com Inc. paralyzed COVID-19 vaccination reservation systems operated by local governments across Japan…
Georgia’s HB 156, requiring state notice for utility cybersecurity incidents, is now in effect
Lael Bellamy and Emily Maus of DLA Piper write: Georgia’s governor has signed into law House Bill 156, creating specific notice requirements for state agencies and utilities that experience cybersecurity attacks, data breaches or malware and requiring notice to the state director of emergency management in Georgia within two hours of notifying the federal emergency…
Agents raid home of Kansas man seeking info on botnet that infected DOD network
Catalin Cimpanu reports: US military investigators have raided the home of a Kansas man looking for information about a crypto-mining botnet that has infected US Air Force servers. The raid is related to a November 2020 security breach that impacted the US Air Force Office of Special Investigations (OSI), the Air Force’s internal law enforcement agency. Read…
GA: College Park leaders ‘stunned’ one of their own busted for ID theft, stealing $100K
Randy Travis reports: Nearly a dozen former city of College Park employees have something in common. And it’s not good. According to police, 11 former employees are identity theft victims in a criminal case worth close to $100,000. […] LeShanda Mitchell faces 32 felony counts including identity theft, computer forgery, and money laundering. She worked as a…
PA: Acting Secretary Of Health And Deputy Don’t Testify At Contact Tracing Data Breach Hearing
Meghan Schiller reports: t’s a battle between transparency and legal quagmire: who should answer questions about the data breach of private health information for some 70,000 Pennsylvanians? KDKA’s Meghan Schiller talked to one local state senator who tried to get the conversation started but said it ended in silence. “It’s great to ask questions that…