CHICAGO, May 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — The City of Chicago today announced that a third-party vendor executing a data transfer of a select group of City email files given to the law firm Jones Day as part of an independent inquiry being conducted by the firm became subject to a security breach. The breach, which at no time…
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Za: NCape municipality battles devastating ransomware attack
Admire Moyo reports: The Nama Khoi Municipality in the Northern Cape Province is struggling to restore IT systems that were hit by a ransomware attack last year. This was revealed by the municipality’s chief information officer, Brandon Love, in an e-mail interview with ITWeb. According to Love, on Wednesday, 9 December 2020, the municipality’s ICT…
Ca: Brreach possibly affects 100s of Yukon gov’t workers: Department of Finance.
Julien Gignac reports: Roughly 400 Yukon government employees may have been affected by a recent privacy breach, according to a spokesperson at the Department of Finance. […] According to a government-issued notice obtained by CBC, a problem occurred during the processing of T4 and T4A slips that may have caused information such as Social Insurance…
Ro: Cluj County Council’s website was hacked by hackers. They are asking for $100 in bitcoins
Digi24 reports that the Cluj County Council was hacked and the threat actors demand $100 USD in BTC if the council doesn’t want the files dumped. The following is a translation of the defacement: All files have been encrypted and a backup copy of the site has been saved. If you do not want the…
Ca: Whistler ransomware attack could affect thousands
Braden Dupuis reports: A ransomware attack on the Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW) could have far-reaching consequences, according to a cyber security expert, but there’s no way of knowing for sure until a full forensic investigation is completed. In a recent post to the dark web (a part of the internet not visible to search engines, and…
Unidentified cyberattackers force Alaska Court System to disconnect from internet
James Brooks reports: A cyberattack has caused the Alaska Court System to disconnect most of its operations from the internet, an act expected to block electronic court filings, disrupt online payments and prevent hearings from taking place by videoconference for several days. The Courtview system used to look up court records has been taken offline, as…