The web site of Argentina’s senate was hit by a ransomware attack on or about January 12. Unlike other entities that do not disclose quickly, the Senate issued a statement on Twitter about Vice Society’s attack two days later: ?El Senado de la Nación sufrió el 12 de enero a las 4 AM un ataque…
Category: Government Sector
KOAM obtains document detailing cost of City of Joplin data breach
Chris Warner reports: In July of last year, the City of Joplin had what they called a “network security incident”. It ultimately shut down city phones, online services, and someone outside managed to take files out of the city’s network. That impacted employees, as some employer-sponsored health plan files were taken, and some residents were…
NJ: East Windsor Township computer system hacked
Lea Kahn reports: The East Windsor Township’s computer system has been compromised by unknown hackers, but it took more than two weeks for township officials to publicly acknowledge the breach and notify township residents. A message – “Notice of Cyber Incident” – scrolled across the top of the East Windsor municipal website March 18. It…
A security lapse exposed India’s CISF personnel files and health records
Zack Whittaker reports: Internal documents, officer health records, and personnel files belonging to India’s Central Industrial Security Force were spilling online because of a data security lapse. A security researcher in India, who asked not to be named for fear of retaliation from the Indian government, found a database packed with network logs generated by…
Ph: ‘Media was right’: Lawmakers confirm data breach, hacking of voters’ info
Joseph Pedrajas reports that there is an update to the alleged data breach that a Commission on Elections official called “fake news:” After about two months of investigation and various denials from different concerned agencies, lawmakers on Thursday, March 17 confirmed that there was “indeed a security breach” in the operations of the Commission on…
Iranian hackers leak Mossad chief’s personal information
Lilach Shoval reports: Iranian hackers on Wednesday published a video on an anonymous Telegram channel featuring personal photos and documents allegedly obtained from a phone used by the wife of Mossad Director David Barnea. The video was posted on the “Open Hands” channel, which according to Israeli media was created on Tuesday. Its owners claimed to have…