CJ Baker reports: The Wyoming Department of Health knows it accidentally published the personal information of 164,000 residents on a public website earlier this year. But it remains a mystery as to whether any bad actors accessed the data before the department discovered the mistake and took the files offline. The roughly 54 files that…
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Br: Macaé municipality points to ransomware-type cyberattack
On June 9, Macaé issued a statement that it suffered a cyberattack. The following is a machine translation: Macaé City Hall was the target of a cyber attack on the 3rd of June, the Corpus Christi holiday. Malware (a type of program designed to infect a user’s computer and harm it in various ways) has hit…
In: Health Ministry Refutes CoWIN Data Leak Claim, Initiates Investigation
Archis Chowdhury reports: The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare refuted the claims around a breach in vaccination data of over 150 million individuals from the CoWIN portal, and termed such claims to be prima facie fake, in a statement issued on Thursday. It also stated that the matter is being further investigated by the…
Lisbon admits sharing Russian dissidents’ personal data with Moscow
Aitor Hernandez-Morales reports: Lisbon Mayor Fernando Medina is facing calls for his resignation as a result of his government’s decision to share the personal information of at least three Lisbon-based Russian dissidents with Russian authorities. Municipal authorities obtained the personal data when the dissidents applied to hold a rally to protest the arrest of Russian…
Russian hackers breached Dutch police systems in 2017
Catalin Cimpanu reports: Hackers working on behalf of Russian intelligence services breached the internal network of Dutch police in 2017 during the country’s investigation of the MH-17 crash. The intrusion was kept under wraps by Dutch investigators until this week when multiple sources revealed the incident to Dutch newspaper the Volkskrant. Read more on The Record.
The Secret IRS Files: Trove of Never-Before-Seen Records Reveal How the Wealthiest Avoid Income Tax
This story was originally published by ProPublica and is reproduced with permission. While many are focused on the societal implications, remember that this incident involves a data breach or leak. Was this an insider/whistleblower leak or something else? They report, “ProPublica is not disclosing how it obtained the data, which was given to us in…