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KS: ‘In the hands of cyber criminals’: Man sues WSU over hack of decades-old student data

Posted on May 26, 2020 by Dissent

Amy Renee Leiker reports a follow-up to a breach previously reported on this site: A December data breach that jeopardized the personal information of thousands of current and former Wichita State University students — some of whom attended the school decades ago — is now the subject of a federal lawsuit. Michael Bahnmaier of Wichita…

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Hackers Expose Gaping Holes in North Macedonia’s IT Systems

Posted on May 25, 2020 by Dissent

Bojan Stojkovski reports: North Macedonia’s officials are trying to persuade the country that after hackers recently leaked dozens of email addresses and passwords from staffers in public institutions, the situation is under control. But, as they did so, some of the key pages of Skopje’s main local government’s website could not be reached since Thursday – in…

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Twitter and WhatsApp could face EU data privacy sanctions

Posted on May 24, 2020 by Dissent

The National reports: Twitter and Facebook’s WhatsApp are in the firing line as Europe’s leading privacy watchdog for US tech giants edges closer to delivering its first major sanctions under the region’s tough data-protection rules. The Irish Data Protection Commission said on May 22 that it finalised a draft decision linked to a data breach…

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NetWalker Ransomware Group Enters Advanced Targeting “Game”

Posted on May 22, 2020 by Dissent

Advanced Intelligence, LLC released a report on NetWalker Ransomware Group. From the background and summary of their report: Throughout the COVID-19 crisis, there has been a drastic increase in the number of cyberattacks targeting the healthcare industry. The NetWalker ransomware syndicate is no exception to this trend. NetWalker responsible for such attacks as a high-profile…

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How secure is your child’s data in Virginia’s virtual classrooms?

Posted on May 21, 2020 by Dissent

Tom Nash or the Virginia Center for Investigative Journalism reports: … As the pandemic forces Virginia’s 1.2 million public school students to trade classrooms for laptops and smartphones — if they have them — many educators, parents and privacy advocates are raising alarms across the state about children’s digital security. Lapses in online protections have…

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The ProLock ransomware doesn’t tell you one important thing about decrypting your files

Posted on May 19, 2020 by Dissent

Graham Cluley reports that if you find yourself in the situation where your files have been locked up by ProLock ransomware, there’s something to keep in mind when considering whether you should pay the ransom demand to get the decryption key promised by the attackers: What the hackers don’t tell you – let’s be generous,…

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