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Police National Computer not pwned by Clop ransomware crims, insists Home Office

Posted on December 21, 2021 by Dissent

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…

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Au: Charges over Victoria Police data breach

Posted on December 21, 2021 by Dissent

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.

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‘Sensitive information’ was stolen from a laptop. Nuclear power installation in Tarragona

Posted on December 20, 2021 by Dissent

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…

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TX: Missing document investigation solved after HHSC files found to be in staff’s possession

Posted on December 18, 2021 by Dissent

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…

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US federal agency compromised in suspected APT attack

Posted on December 18, 2021 by Dissent

Catalin Cimpanu reports: A sophisticated threat actor has gained access and has backdoored the internal network of a US federal government agency, antivirus maker Avast reported this week. The security firm did not name the agency in its report, but The Record understands that the target of the attack was the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF)….

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Coles, Westpac, AMP and Department of Defence caught up in ‘significant’ data breach of Finite Recruitment

Posted on December 18, 2021 by Dissent

Simon Elvery, Emily Sakzewski, and Matt Liddy report: The personal details of job applicants and staff at a range of major Australian companies and government agencies have potentially been exposed in a “significant” data breach and extortion attempt against Australian recruitment company Finite. Hackers have accessed and released sensitive data that includes resumes, offers of employment,…

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