Sergiu Gatlan reports: Russia says some of its federal agencies’ websites were compromised in a supply chain attack on Tuesday after unknown attackers hacked the stats widget used to track the number of visitors by multiple government agencies The list of sites impacted in the attack includes the websites of the Energy Ministry, the Federal…
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China state-backed hackers compromised networks of at least 6 U.S. state governments, research finds
Arjun Kharpal reports: A Chinese state-sponsored hacking group successfully compromised the computer networks of at least six U.S. state governments between May 2021 and February this year, according to research published by cybersecurity firm Mandiant on Tuesday. The group, known as APT41, allegedly exploited vulnerabilities in web applications to get their initial foothold into state government networks, Mandiant said….
Long delay before Cybersecurity NSW notified of Accellion hack
Anton Nilsson reports: NSW agencies may have delayed reporting a massive cyber attack to authorities for nearly a month, officials revealed on Monday. The breach of a software known as Accellion in December 2020 affected businesses and agencies worldwide, including Transport for NSW which had sensitive information stolen and posted on the dark web. Cybersecurity NSW…
PA lawmaker wants state to review entire process that led to company’s contact tracing data breach
Rick Earle reports: A state lawmaker has requested the auditor general review the entire process that led to the awarding of that $30 million contract with Insight Global to do contact tracking in Pennsylvania. State Rep. Jason Ortitay, a Republican from Bridgeville, told Target 11 Investigator Rick Earle that this may be the only way…
NSW driver’s licence data stolen in Accellion breach
Justin Hendry reports: Driver’s licence details were among the personal information stolen from Transport for NSW in the Accellion data breach last year, iTnews can reveal. It has also emerged that at least 500 customers and employees of the agency were impacted in the incident, some of which are only now being notified. TfNSW confirmed it…
Dallas IT worker erased police files by accident, didn’t have enough training, report says
Everton Bailey Jr. reports: A former Dallas IT worker fired after deleting millions of police files last year while trying to move them from online storage didn’t have enough training to do the job properly, according to an independent investigation of the incident. Despite his job primarily being focused on working with Commvault, the software…