The Associated Press reports that the amount of data missing from Dallas’s computer database is almost triple the initial estimate of files lost during a data migration involving Dallas Police files. About 15 terabytes of police data are missing besides the 7.5 terabytes initially thought to be lost, city spokeswoman Janella Newsome said. Read more…
Category: Government Sector
Switzerland: Citizen and municipality data published on Darknet
MRT reports: At the end of May, the municipal administration of the tranquil town of Rolle in French-speaking Switzerland was the victim of a cyber attack. This became known to the public recently through research on the news portal watson.ch. The result of the attack: The data of all residents and other documents have been…
Public health, vaccination records exposed in Denton County data breach related to Microsoft Power Apps
Maggie Prosser reports: Hundreds of thousands of public health records, including COVID-19 vaccination details, were exposed in a data breach that was linked to an app that is used at Denton County vaccine clinics, officials say. A malfunction in the third-party software revealed contact and identifying information, as well as COVID-19 vaccination types and appointment…
Indonesia probes suspected data breach on COVID-19 app
Reuters reports: Indonesia is investigating a suspected security flaw in a COVID-19 test-and-trace app that left exposed personal information and the health status of 1.3 million people, a health ministry official said on Tuesday. Researchers from encryption provider (sic) vpnMentor said personal information in the Indonesia Health Alert Card (eHAC) app, often required to be used…
Cook County circuit clerk’s website may not be fully functional for a ‘few weeks’
Stefano Esposito reports: If you were hoping to look up a case on the clerk of the circuit court of Cook County’s website, you may be out of luck for a few weeks. The website has been down since Aug. 13 after a breach that directed users to an NFL-related website, court staff said. “The…
Hackers Release Data Trove From Belarus in Bid to Overthrow Lukashenko Regime
Ryan Gallagher reports: Opponents of the Belarus government said they have pulled off an audacious hack that has compromised dozens of police and interior ministry databases as part of a broad effort to overthrow President Alexander Lukashenko’s regime. The Belarusian Cyber Partisans, as the hackers call themselves, have in recent weeks released portions of a huge data trove…