As if Texas didn’t have enough problems already… Tierra Smith reports: Magnolia ISD is responding to a technology breach that occurred Sunday afternoon, school officials confirmed. The district said the breach of unauthorized messages included social media, text messages, emails and phone calls. Many of the alleged messages, some of which were racist and directly…
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Czech officials in Prague ‘hit by massive cyber attack’
EuroNews reports: Czech officials in Prague have been hit by a large-scale cyberattack, according to the city’s mayor. “There has been a massive cyber attack on public administration systems,” Zdeněk Hřib tweeted, adding that the servers had “survived” and there was little damage. An immediate outage was made on the email system to maintain security. Read…
Someone Hacked the Website of the Attorney Representing One of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s Accusers
Colin Kalmbacher reports: The website for attorney Debra Katz, of the law firm of Katz, Marshall & Banks, LLP, was hacked and taken offline early Saturday morning. Katz currently represents former political aide Charlotte Bennett in the investigation into alleged sexual harassment by Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D-N.Y.). The splash page for kmblegal.com simply contained the phrase “AGENT-TEST” for hours before the firm was able…
Ransomware gang plans to call victim’s business partners about attacks
Lawrence Abrams reports: The REvil ransomware operation announced this week that they are using DDoS attacks and voice calls to journalists and victim’s business partners to generate ransom payments. Read more on BleepingComputer.
American Armed Forces Mutual Aid Association hack impacted more than 161,000
The American Armed Forces Mutual Aid Association, a non-profit organization in Virginia that provides insurance and benefits services to the military community, is notifying 161,621 individuals of a hacking incident. On January 29, AAFMAA became aware of suspicious activity on its system. Their investigation revealed that an unauthorized party had first gained access to certain…
At Least 30,000 U.S. Organizations Newly Hacked Via Holes in Microsoft’s Email Software
Brian Krebs reports: At least 30,000 organizations across the United States — including a significant number of small businesses, towns, cities and local governments — have over the past few days been hacked by an unusually aggressive Chinese cyber espionage unit that’s focused on stealing email from victim organizations, multiple sources tell KrebsOnSecurity. The espionage…