Chris Velazco and Rachel Lerman report: It was just after 12:30 p.m. on the Friday before the Fourth of July holiday when a warning popped up on Laschelle McKay’s computer screen. McKay, the town administrator for Leonardtown, Md., didn’t even have time to read the whole message before it disappeared and her computer froze. “Everything…
Category: Government Sector
NZ: Whanganui DHB apologizes after vaccine privacy breach
Mike Tweed reports: Whanganui District Health Board has apologised for a privacy breach that accidentally disclosed the email addresses of about 200 people. The health board has been inviting people in Group 3 for their Covid-19 vaccine via text, letter and email, but last week an email was sent without the use of the blind…
Norwegian DPA: Moss Municipal Council fined
The Norwegian Data Protection Authority has imposed a EUR 50,000 (NOK 500,000) fine on Moss Municipal Council for failing to adequately protect personal data. The error has been corrected and the case closed. In connection with the amalgamation of the municipalities of Rygge and Moss in January 2020, efforts were made to combine the use…
India under attack by rapidly-evolving advanced persistent threat actor SideCopy, says Cisco Talos
Simon Sharwood reports: Cisco’s Talos security unit says it has detected an increased rate of attacks on targets on the Indian subcontinent and named an advanced persistent threat actor named SideCopy as the source. The outfit on Wednesday posted that it has tracked “an increase in SideCopy’s activities targeting government personnel in India using themes and tactics…
Pk: Sindh High Court Website Hacked By Indian Hackers
Usman Aslam reports: In recent news, the official website of the Sindh High Court was hacked by a group of hackers known as the ‘Indian Cyber Troops’. The hackers had claimed the website on Sunday before it was recovered. In regards to this hacking, the officials of the SHC did not place a comment at…
Suspected voters list leak in Kerala: Crime branch registers case
Express News Service reports: The state crime branch has registered a case based on the complaint by the state election commission in connection regarding voters list leak in the assembly elections. As per the complaint, the data of 2.67 crore voters was leaked. The complaint was filed by the Joint Chief Electoral Officer. The case…