Ryan Osborne reports: Dallas’ city information technology department sent a 131-page report to city council on Thursday, detailing the massive data loss involving police records earlier this year and attributing the issue to “inadequate” protocols among IT staff. The report confirmed that 22 terabytes of data, involving more than 8 million records, were deleted in…
Category: Government Sector
Pottawatomie Co. pays hackers to restore computer systems after cyber attack
Chris Fisher reports: Officials in Pottawatomie County say computer systems are slowly being restored after a ransom was paid to hackers. County officials say several of their servers were encrypted during a cyber attack on September 17, 2021. The county was able to resolve the attack by paying less than 10% of the hacker’s original demands….
My: No security breach, data leakage on MAF’s end or SSM’s end
The Star reports: The issue over the alleged data leak involving personal information of the public does not involve any security breach on the part of the Malaysian Armed Forces, says Chief of Defence Force Tan Sri Affendi Buang. He said MAF always emphasised the confidentiality of all data, whether it was in a closed…
El Salvador PNC confirms investigation of FocaLeaks
David Bernal recently had an update on the FocaLeaks incident previously covered by this site and DDoSecrets. On September 22, Bernal reported that Mauricio Arriaza Chicas, director of the National Civil Police (PNC), confirmed that they were conducting an internal investigation into FocaLeaks and a second with the Attorney General’s Office to find the perpetrators….
QR codes temporarily removed from Sask. COVID-19 vaccine records due to ‘privacy breach’
Kelly Skjerven reports: QR codes are being temporarily removed from residents’ COVID-19 vaccination records due to a situation that eHealth Saskatchewan is treating as a privacy breach. A Saskatchewan government release said they were alerted to an issue downloading patient QR codes. “IT has identified that the COVID-19 vaccination records of up to 19 residents have the potential of…
Police investigating City of Helsinki data breach involving over 140 victims
The Helsinki Times reports: Helsinki police have begun a preliminary investigation into the actions of an employee of the City of Helsinki, who violated data privacy regulations by accessing the personal information of several individuals in the healthcare system without permission. In July, the City revealed that the employee, who worked in the social services and…