Tirana Times reports: A massive data breach with sensitive information on the salaries and personal information of 637,138 residents working in the private and public sectors has raised alarm bells among Albanian law enforcement, political representatives and residents. The Tirana Prosecutor’s Office is investigating the leak that appears to have come from the tax administration…
Category: Government Sector
Belgian defense ministry admits attackers accessed its computer network by exploiting Log4j vulnerability
Gareth Corfield reports: The Belgian Ministry of Defence has suffered a cyber attack after miscreants exploited one of the vulnerabilities in Log4j. The attack marks the first occasion that a NATO country’s defence ministry has fallen victim to the flaws. The attack took place last week, as reported by Flemish-language TV news station VRT, which said “some…
Police National Computer not pwned by Clop ransomware crims, insists Home Office
Gareth Corfield reports: The Clop ransomware gang pwned a managed service provider with access to the UK’s Police National Computer, dumping data on its dark web leaks site – but officials deny that police data was compromised. Dacoll, a Scotland-based MSP, was attacked in October by the notorious criminal crew. Reports surfaced in the Mail on…
Au: Charges over Victoria Police data breach
AAP reports: A Victorian police officer has been charged after he allegedly accessed and passed on police information. The 45-year-old male officer, from the Eastern Region, has been charged with accessing police information, disclosing police information, and intentionally communicating protected information. Read more at The West Australian.
‘Sensitive information’ was stolen from a laptop. Nuclear power installation in Tarragona
BollyInside reports: Theft of a backpack left in a car by a Nuclear Safety Council (CSN) inspector has been reported to the Mossos d’Esquadra. The backpack appeared to contain a laptop with classified information on the Vandellos II plant in the province of Tarragona. As reported by La Vanguardia and confirmed by Catalan police sources…
TX: Missing document investigation solved after HHSC files found to be in staff’s possession
Avery Travis reports: After a large amount of files containing state documents — and possibly sensitive health information for nursing home residents — were believed to be missing earlier this year, the Texas Health and Human Services Commission determined the records were never missing. A state employee of HHSC’s regulatory division came to KXAN and…