From the Wyoming Department of Health, a report involving another GitHub leak: Exposure of Laboratory Test Result Data Described April 27, 2021 The Wyoming Department of Health (WDH) is announcing a mistaken exposure of laboratory test result data involving the health information of thousands of Wyoming residents and others, as well as describing its plan…
Category: Government Sector
FJ: Cyber attack disrupts government online services
On April 14, Luke Nacei reported: A cyber attack resulted in disruptions to some of Government’s online services and networks, including GovNet, on Monday. Attorney-General and Minister for Communications Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum said as a measure of extreme precaution, advice had been disseminated across Government to protect network integrity resulting in a temporary disruption to the…
Ca: Privacy commissioner investigating COVID Secretariat data breach
Luke Carroll reports: The Information and Privacy Commissioner (IPC) is investigating a data breach by the COVID-19 Secretariat where the identities of residents self-isolating were disclosed. The email addresses — and in some cases names — were revealed in an email sent out to travellers who were self-isolating. CKLB has obtained a copy of the…
Developing — Babuk claims to have hacked Metropolitan D.C. Police
Update 8:30 pm: The police have now confirmed unauthorized access to their server. The FBI is investigating. The threat actors known as Babuk have added the Metropolitan Police D.C. to their leak site, adding, “We will not comment this time: Even such an organization has huge security gaps, we advise them to get in touch…
It: Union of Comuni Colli del Monferrato, cyber attack: hackers publish data
Marco A. De Felice reports: The Avaddon ransomware group publishes screenshots of some data stolen during the cyber attack on the Unione di Comuni Colli del Monferrato, but by mistake it puts the wrong Unione (Unione dei Colli DiVini in the heart of Monferrato) under DDoS attack. Oops? But as Marco notes, that wasn’t the…
Es: A synchronized cyber attack affects the INE and ministries such as Justice, Economy or Education
Maria Rivera reports that a number of Spanish agencies were hit in what appears to be a synchronized attack involving malware injections. The attacks do not seem to have caused major service interruptions or problems, however: A cyber attack has hit the websites of the National Statistics Institute (INE) and different ministries such as those…