Mead Gruver of AP reports: Wyoming’s health director and chief information officer have resigned after a data leak involving the personal information of tens of thousands of people who were tested for the coronavirus. A state Department of Health employee working with computer code accidentally released COVID-19 test results, as well as blood alcohol test…
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Nz: Police admit privacy breach after nearly 40 gun licence applicants copied into same email
Mark Quinlivan reports: Police have admitted nearly 40 firearms licence applicants have had their privacy breached. A police spokesperson told Newshub 38 people had been impacted by the “localised” privacy breach after an email was sent advising the recipients to undertake a firearms safety course. Read more on NewsHub.
D.C. police identify man who allegedly reposted data stolen from police computers
Tom Jackman reports: D.C. police on Monday posted a photo of a man they believe may have reposted data that was stolen from the department in the recent hack of their computer system. Later Monday, the police tweeted that they had identified the man. But the police declined to discuss the man further, beyond a Twitter…
NC: Anson experiences cyberattack; county services including phone, email affected
Liz O’Connell reported earlier this week: WADESBORO — The Anson County government experienced a cyberattack over the first weekend of May, which turned out to be more serious than initially thought. The most recent update from the county stated that does not appear to be any employee or citizen personal data compromised from the malware…
Ie: Cyberattack on HSE: Scale of damage from Conti’s ransomware attack will not be known for days
Jack Horgan-Jones and Conor Lally report: It will be at least three days before the scale of the damage from “possibly the most significant cyber crime attack on the Irish State” is clear, a Government Minister has said. Green Party Minister of State for Communications Ossian Smyth said the attack, which led to HSE IT systems being…
Ie: HSE shuts down IT system after ‘significant’ cyber attack
RTE reports: The Health Service Executive has temporarily shut down its IT system following what it described as a “significant ransomware attack”. The health body said it had taken the precaution of shutting down its systems to further protect them, and to allow it to assess the situation. The issue has led to Dublin’s Rotunda…