Caroline Elliott reports: A KWCH investigation in February helped to launch a Kansas Department of Labor investigation after the investigation discovered a way to use social security numbers on the KDOL website to pull up anyone’s personal information. Eyewitness News reporter Caroline Elliott has been looking into the issue for months and Tuesday, April 20, Eyewitness…
Category: Government Sector
Chinese military seen behind Japan cyberattacks
Kyodo and Bloomberg News report: China’s military is thought to have instructed a hacker group to conduct cyberattacks on nearly 200 companies and research institutes in Japan, including the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, investigative sources said Tuesday. Tokyo police referred a Chinese man, who is a member of the Chinese Communist Party, to prosecutors Tuesday…
De: Cyberattack on Bavarian city of Kammeltal
BR24 reports that a municipality in Bavaria has been hit by a trojan with a ransom demand (translation): When Ernst Walter turns on his computer, he can hardly believe his eyes. The executive director of the Kammeltal municipality in the Günzburg district can no longer open anything: “Instead of normal files, there was only a…
AU: Service NSW kept victims in dark after hackers stole personal data
Jess Malcolm reports: The NSW government has deliberately failed to inform tens of thousands of people that their personal information was stolen in a cyber security attack on Service NSW employee emails, as the agency says it has no obligation to notify affected customers. Documents obtained by The Australian show Service NSW decided not to…
Vermont Health Connect had 10 data breaches last winter
Katie Jickling reports that there were 10 instances where individuals saw other individuals’ information when connecting to Vermont Health Connect. I wouldn’t call that 10 data breaches. It sounds more like one problem that happened to 10 people. In any event, she reports: Andrea De La Bruere, executive director of the Agency of Human Services,…
BR: The National Library website falls victim to a ransomware attack and goes offline
Wellington Arruda reports (translation): Last Sunday [April 11], the National Library website was the target of a ransomware attack and needed to be taken down. The agency, linked to the Special Secretariat for Culture, opted to shut down the servers to alleviate the potential problems caused and new invasions. However, last Tuesday [April 13] the site was activated again, and…