Rebecca Duffy reports: The city of Quincy is dealing with what the mayor calls one of the worst cyber attacks to ever hit the community, and they still don’t know how it happened. Mayor Mike Troup said around 7:30 Saturday morning the city of Quincy was got hit by a cyber attack. “This probably is…
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Lawyers are nearing a settlement deal for the infamous 2015 OPM hack
Attorneys are closing in on a settlement deal that could deliver up to $63 million to some victims of one of the most cataclysmic data breaches in history The settlement, if approved by a judge, would end a seven-year legal effort to win compensation for more than 21 million current and former federal employees who were…
Anonymous Leak 82GB of Police Emails Against Australia’s Offshore Detention
Waqas reports: On Monday, May 2nd, 2022, the Anonymous collective released 82GB worth of emails apparently belonging to the Nauru Police Force. According to Anonymous, the data leak was in protest against the alleged ill-treatment of asylum seekers and refugees carried out by Island authorities on behalf of the Australian government. For your information, Nauru is a…
Newport buys AI cyber protection
Kenneth Lipp reports: Newport City Council voted last week to approve a contract for software that uses “artificial intelligence” to detect malicious network activity, bidding to avoid having its data and network seized in ransomware attacks, as have other municipalities in Oregon. Read more at Newport News Times. See what you think about this one.
U.S. DoD tricked into paying $23.5 million to phishing actor
Bill Toulas reports: The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) has announced the conviction of Sercan Oyuntur, 40, resident of California, for multiple counts relating to a phishing operation that caused $23.5 million in damages to the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). The fraudster managed to divert to his personal bank account DoD funds destined for a…
Alleged docket dumping probed (South African Police Service)
Natasha Bezuidenhout reports: Police are investigating allegations which claim police files, dockets and rape kits from Steenberg Police Station were found discarded at a dumping site. Ward 68 councillor Marita Petersen claimed she found remnants of police dockets and rape kits dumped in Steenberg since the beginning of April. Read more at News24