Omer Benjakob, Aaron Rabinowitz, and Ran Shimoni report: One Friday morning in January, office telephones in the city hall of Modi’in Ilit fell silent. Employees who were in the building quickly realized that something unusual was happening. They were locked out of their computers, unable to access files and emails. The reason only became clear…
Category: Government Sector
US says cyberattacks against water supplies are rising, and utilities need to do more to stop them
Michael Phillis and Matthew Daly report: Cyberattacks against water utilities across the country are becoming more frequent and more severe, the Environmental Protection Agency warned Monday as it issued an enforcement alert urging water systems to take immediate actions to protect the nation’s drinking water. About 70% of utilities inspected by federal officials over the…
British Library’s candid ransomware comms driven by ’emotional intelligence’
Connor Jones reports: Emotional intelligence was at the heart of the British Library’s widely hailed response to its October ransomware attack, according to CEO Roly Keating. The British Library’s (BL) ransomware attack last year was one of the most damaging in recent memory, at least in the UK. The transparency of the organization’s response over…
BreachForums seized by FBI and law enforcement partners; administrator arrested (3)
It probably will not surprise anyone who has checked BreachForums recently, but there is now a seizure notice on the forum. The notice claims that BreachForums is under the control of the FBI and has been taken down by the FBI and DOJ with assistance from international partners. The forum’s owner, ShinyHunters, or whoever is…
UK opens investigation of MoD payroll contractor after confirming attack
Connor Jones reports: UK Government has confirmed a cyberattack on the payroll system used by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) led to “malign” forces accessing data on current and a limited number of former armed forces personnel. There is no evidence to suggest that the criminals who broke into the systems actually removed any data,…
One year on, University System of Georgia admits MOVEit attack hit data of 800k people
Connor Jones reports: Just short of a year after the initial incident, the state of Georgia’s higher education government agency has confirmed that it was the victim of an attack on its systems affecting the data of 800,000 people. University System of Georgia (USG), which oversees 26 higher education institutions in the state, filed a disclosure with…