Mimoza Picari and Keida Kostreci report: First came the news that the personal data of over 900,000 Albanians might be in the hands of party officials. Then came the news that the journalists who broke the story had been ordered by an anti-corruption court to hand over devices, including computers and cellphones. As Albania heads to…
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UK: Hundreds of furious Football Index investors have their identities revealed by DCMS email gaffe
Daniel Davis reports: The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport have been embroiled in a sizeable data breach after an email sent out to hundreds of furious Football Index customers did not hide their identities. The government were contacted by a large number of investors in the wake of the collapse of the online…
Biden administration unveils plan to defend electric sector from cyberattacks
Shannon Vavra reports: The Biden administration is buckling down on cyber threats to U.S. power infrastructure. The Department of Energy (DOE) announced a 100-day plan to help shore up the U.S. electric power system against cyber threats Tuesday. The plan, rolled out with the private sector and the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency…
Jp: 231 people’s data likely stolen in cyberattack on Cabinet Office
Tatsuya Sudo and Hidemasa Yoshizawa report: A file-sharing server used by the Cabinet Office and Cabinet Secretariat officials was illegally accessed and the personal information of hundreds of people may have been stolen, the Cabinet Office revealed on April 22. The top government offices use the server to share files with outside organizations. The files…
Illinois Attorney General’s Office hit by ransomware? State investigating.
Threat actors known as DoppelPaymer claim to have attacked the Illinois Attorney General’s Office. And on April 13, the AG’s office acknowledged that they were investigating a network compromise: April 13 — Attorney General Kwame Raoul today announced the Office of the Attorney General’s network has been compromised. Attorney General Raoul released the following statement:…
CA: Cyberattack targets Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority
Nico Savidge reports: A cyberattack targeting the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority last weekend has forced a days-long shutdown of many of the agency’s computer systems. VTA officials say they believe they have contained the attack, but key systems remained offline Thursday. The authority is still trying to determine whether any personal information of customers…