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…
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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…
City of Yonkers Hacked, No Computers for the Past Week: Ransom Demanded, City Hall Says No
This was published on September 10 by Yonkers Times: Yonkers Rising has learned that the City of Yonkers has been the victim of a ransomware attack and for the period of the past five days, City Hall and its employees have been without their computers. We have also been told by city officials with knowledge…
SC: Dorchester County Government Notice of February Security Incident
DORCHESTER COUNTY, S.C., Sept. 9, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Dorchester County Government (“Dorchester“) announced today a phishing incident involving email accounts within its email environment. The phishing incident resulted in unauthorized access to certain information collected and maintained by the County for a variety of reasons, including names, addresses, email addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, driver’s…
Za: Justice Department victim of latest security breach
First it was South Africa’s Space Agency that was attacked. Now it’s their justice department. Dan Meyer reports: The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development has confirmed that it has become the victim of a malicious cyber security hack, with all electronic services provided by the Department – including the issuing of letters of authority,…
SANSA breach: International hacker group claims responsibility for Space Agency leak
Storm Simpson reports: A new internet hacking group has claimed responsibility for a data breach at the South African National Space Agency (SANSA). The group, CoomingProject, emerged recently and according to claims made on its website, it has a list of victims across the world. Read more on The South African. SANSA confirmed the breach…