KHQA reports that ten months after a data breach involving the Illinois Integrated Eligibility System (IES), the state is now disclosing the incident. But as I read the notice below, it seems like it was first discovered 10 months ago. When did this breach actually begin? From the state’s notice, republished on KHQA: Pursuant to…
Category: Government Sector
Tamil Nadu Public Department comes under ransomware attack
S. Vijay Kumar reports: A ransomware attack is said to have encrypted certain sensitive documents of the Tamil Nadu Public Department since Friday morning. Some of the files encrypted relate to VIP visits, their programmes and related arrangements made by State Protocol officials, official sources said. While the suspect has demanded payment of 1,950 USD…
FocaLeaks claims to have hacked El Salvador Police, gained access to records on civilians, agents, and criminal investigations
Hacktivists known as FocaLeaks claim to have hacked and exfiltrated data on 37,000 agents of Policía Nacional Civil de El Salvador (PNC). The information can allegedly be used to access government records on all citizens and to access criminal investigations. Ransomware attacks on police departments have made headlines a number of times over the past…
City of Mount Vernon Government Stops Attempted Cyber Attack-Hack
The City of Mount Vernon has apparently dodged a bullet, when a cyber attack was quickly confined. Here is the statement from Mayor Shawyn Patterson. “Last Friday, the City of Mount Vernon was subject to an attempted cyber-attack which targeted the City’s internal email and cloud storage systems. The isolated breach was quickly confined thanks…
TX: Lubbock County confirms private information accessible under new computer system, says situation not a data breach
Samantha Jarpe reports: Lubbock County released a statement Tuesday about previously private court information being made available to the public via a new records system. An earlier release by the Lubbock County Defense Lawyers Association characterized the incident as a data breach. The association said it became aware of the situation September 10. According to…
LA: Post-Ida cyber attack hits Jefferson Parish courts; closures to last until at least Sept. 20
Ramon Antonio Vargas reports: Some of Jefferson Parish’s key courthouses will remain closed through the week after a cyber attack shut down the courts’ computer systems in the wake of Hurricane Ida, according to authorities. The attack occurred after Ida knocked out power and internet to most of Jefferson Parish, leaving the courthouses’ computer network…