This story was originally published by ProPublica and is reproduced with permission. While many are focused on the societal implications, remember that this incident involves a data breach or leak. Was this an insider/whistleblower leak or something else? They report, “ProPublica is not disclosing how it obtained the data, which was given to us in…
Category: Government Sector
Tech vendor that provides constituent newsletter services to dozens of House members hit by ransomware
John Bresnahan, Anna Palmer, and Jake Sherman report that iConstituent, a vendor providing an e-newsletter system used by many members of Congress for constituent outreach, was the victim of a ransomware attack. The attack has reportedly impacted approximately 60 members of the House from both parties, who have been unable to retrieve constituent information for…
New York City Law Department Hit by Cyberattack
Katie Honan reports: Hackers breached the New York City Law Department’s computer system over the weekend, prompting the city to limit access to the network as it investigates the cyberattack, officials said Monday. The city’s Cyber Command, which monitors more than 100 government agencies and offices, first detected the breach on Saturday, according to Laura…
Au: Victoria’s child protection department misled watchdogs after sex offender Alex Jones CRISSP data breach
Josie Taylor and ABC Investigations’ Sarah Curnow report: Victorian child protection authorities misled the state’s privacy watchdog during an investigation of a data breach involving a sex offender and dozens of vulnerable children, telling the Office of the Victorian Information Commissioner it had contacted all affected children when it had not. The state’s commissioner for…
Au: NSW Health confirms data breached due to Accellion breach
Asha Barbaschow reports: “Following the NSW government’s advice earlier this year around a world-wide cyber attack that included NSW government agencies, NSW Health is notifying people whose data may have been accessed in the global Accellion cyber attack,” it said in a statement. The state entity said medical records in public hospitals were not affected…
Ukraine’s security service claims to have thwarted mass cyberattack by Russian special forces
The following is a machine translation of a press release by Служба безпеки України, the Security Service of Ukraine: The SBU blocked a mass cyberattack by Russian special services on the computer networks of the Ukrainian authorities Cyber experts of the Security Service of Ukraine revealed the facts of purposeful distribution of malicious software by…