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…
Category: Government Sector
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…
Gary, Indiana targeted by ransomware attack
Riley Chloe reports that Gary, Indiana is trying to recover from a ransomware attack. All of its servers are now being restored and rebuilt. The FBI and the Department of Homeland Security were both alerted and a city spokesperson says they’re still investigating if anyone’s personal information was stolen. “If we discover that any information…
Cyberattack steals info of one million in Turkey’s Konya
The Daily Sabah reports: About 1 million people’s information was stolen in a cyberattack targeting the municipality of Konya in central Turkey, media reports claimed. A municipality official confirmed the attack but did not disclose its scale. The Sözcü newspaper claims the ID numbers and other personal information of about 1 million people were stolen…