Aya Elamroussi and Chris Boyette report: Officials in Tulsa, Oklahoma, are warning residents their personal information may have been leaked to the dark web following a ransomware attack on the city last month. The city announced Tuesday that hackers obtained more than 18,000 city files. The leaked files are mostly police citations and internal department files, officials…
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WorkForce West Virginia notifies clients of potential data breach
Jeff Jenkins reports: WorkForce West Virginia has notified a number of state residents in the past week of a potential data breach involving some of their personal information. WorkForce said that on April 13 it learned that “an unauthorized individual” accessed the Mid Atlantic Career Consortium Employment Services database and potentially could have taken personal…
N.Korean Hackers Target S.Korean Submarine Data
Yu Yong-weon reports: Suspected North Korean hackers last year stole a vast cache of data from Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering, which is manufacturing a new 3,000-ton submarine for the Navy. Read more on Chosun. In related news, Kim So-hyun reports that NK hackers attacked South Korean atomic energy think tank. Source: The Korea Herald.
Norway says Chinese group APT31 is behind catastrophic 2018 government hack
Catalin Cimpanu reports: Norway’s police secret service said this week that APT31, a cyber-espionage group operating on behalf of China, was responsible for a 2018 breach of the government’s IT network. According to the Norwegian Police Security Service (PST), the 2018 hack was as bad as it could get. “The investigation revealed that the actor…
Woman Arrested In 2019 Case of Fraud Involving Data Breach of Florida DCF
There’s an update to an incident first reported in 2019. A woman who was involved in a data breach with the Florida Department of Children and Family Services in 2019 that affected 2,000 people and over $260,000 in retail theft, has been transferred to Miami-Dade County and was in court Saturday. Bertanicy Garcia, 50, a…
California City computer system down for weeks in ransomware attack: mayor
It used to surprise me when a victim would claim that they had never received any ransom demand, but I am no longer totally suspicious or baffled. KGET reports: California City’s computer system has been down since around late May following a ransomware attack and an emergency meeting is scheduled tonight to discuss the issue,…