J. Robert Gough reports: Quincy Mayor Mike Troup said the city has spent about $150,000 on outside consultants and $500,000 for an encryption key to regain access to the city’s information services systems. In other words, $500,000 in ransomware. In a news conference Tuesday morning, Troup gave a timeline of events that have taken place…
Category: Government Sector
Iran nuclear files Mossad seized in 2018 included stolen IAEA records – WSJ
The Jerusalem Post reports: Iranian nuclear documents seized by the Mossad in 2018 included secret records from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) that Iran had accessed and used to create cover stories to hide parts of its nuclear program, The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday. Middle East intelligence officials told the WSJ that the IAEA documents, marked confidential,…
Ng: Robbers attack NPC office, steal birth certificates
Fikayo Olowolagba reports: The National Population Commission (NPC) Badagry office located at Town Hall near Topo Garage, in Lagos State has been attacked by robbers. A staff member of the commission, Mrs Funmilayo Bojrenu told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Badagry that vital documents belonging to NPC were stolen. Read more at Daily…
Israeli Ministry Illegally Shared Biometric Images of Millions With Unknown Agency
Josh Breiner and Bar Peleg report: The Population and Immigration Authority illegally shared in the past seven years the facial images of millions of Israelis with an unnamed government agency. The actions of the Interior Ministry division were disclosed in an official report published last week by Roy Friedman, the head of the Israel National…
Bayonne Police Sergeant Charged With Unauthorized Use of Law Enforcement Database
Statement by the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office: Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez has released the following information: On Tuesday, May 24, 2022, a Bayonne Police Sergeant was arrested on a computer crime charge involving the unauthorized use of a law enforcement database. Richard Killmer, 33, is charged with one count of Computer Theft in violation…
Malaysia: Govt must be transparent, outcome of alleged data breach probe must be made public
Zarrah Morden reports: Transparency International Malaysia (TI-M) today expressed concern over the alleged data leaks and sale of personal data belonging to Malaysians and urged the government to publicly disclose the results of police investigation into the matter. […] It also suggested that legislators study what is lacking in existing legislation, leading to solutions that…