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AU: National Disability Insurance Agency accidentally leaked private information to abusive father

Posted on June 3, 2021 by Dissent

Sometimes the most impactful breaches don’t involve large numbers of people but can be life-altering for just one person or family. Jade Gailberger reports: A Victorian mum claims her family’s lives have been ­endangered after the National Disability Insurance Agency accidentally gave their private details to her abusive ex-­partner. The woman, who can’t be named…

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NY: The M.T.A. Is Breached by Hackers as Cyberattacks Surge

Posted on June 2, 2021 by Dissent

Christina Goldbaum and William K. Rashbaum report: A hacking group believed to have links to the Chinese government penetrated the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s computer systems in April, exposing vulnerabilities in a vast transportation network that carries millions of people every day, according to an M.T.A. document that outlined the breach. Read more on The New…

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More than 11,000 people’s personal information released in Anchorage Police Department data leak

Posted on June 2, 2021 by Dissent

Kavitha George reports: Since 2019, 11,402 people have had their birth dates and driver’s license numbers published accidentally, due to a glitch in the Anchorage Police Department records system, the department announced Wednesday. APD said an employee discovered the issue with traffic collision report records in February. Normally, a computer automatically redacts that personal information…

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Swedish Health Agency shuts down SmiNet after hacking attempts

Posted on June 1, 2021 by Dissent

Sergiu Gatlan reports: The Swedish Public Health Agency (Folkhälsomyndigheten) has shut down SmiNet, the country’s infectious diseases database, on Thursday after it was targeted in several hacking attempts. SmiNet, which is also used to store electronic reports with statistics on COVID-19 infections, was shut down on Thursday to investigate the attacks and was brought back online…

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CA: Azusa Police reveal ransomware attack in March

Posted on May 30, 2021 by chum1ng0

On March 17, the DoppelPaymer threat actors added Azusa Police Department in California to the leak site where they list ransomware victims who have refused to pay their ransom demands. On April 22, the threat actors increased the pressure on the department — or attempted to — by dumping some files as proof that they…

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It: Municipality of Porto Sant’Elpidio publicly quiet after ransomware attack and partial dump of files

Posted on May 29, 2021 by Dissent

This week, DataBreaches.net reported on a new dedicated leak site and threat actors who had hit Clover Park School District in Washington. The same threat actors, whose name is not even clear (are they PayOrGrief or Grief_List or…) have listed three other victims on their site who presumably did not pay their ransom demands. One…

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