Kavitha George reports: Since 2019, 11,402 people have had their birth dates and driver’s license numbers published accidentally, due to a glitch in the Anchorage Police Department records system, the department announced Wednesday. APD said an employee discovered the issue with traffic collision report records in February. Normally, a computer automatically redacts that personal information…
Category: Government Sector
Swedish Health Agency shuts down SmiNet after hacking attempts
Sergiu Gatlan reports: The Swedish Public Health Agency (Folkhälsomyndigheten) has shut down SmiNet, the country’s infectious diseases database, on Thursday after it was targeted in several hacking attempts. SmiNet, which is also used to store electronic reports with statistics on COVID-19 infections, was shut down on Thursday to investigate the attacks and was brought back online…
CA: Azusa Police reveal ransomware attack in March
On March 17, the DoppelPaymer threat actors added Azusa Police Department in California to the leak site where they list ransomware victims who have refused to pay their ransom demands. On April 22, the threat actors increased the pressure on the department — or attempted to — by dumping some files as proof that they…
It: Municipality of Porto Sant’Elpidio publicly quiet after ransomware attack and partial dump of files
This week, DataBreaches.net reported on a new dedicated leak site and threat actors who had hit Clover Park School District in Washington. The same threat actors, whose name is not even clear (are they PayOrGrief or Grief_List or…) have listed three other victims on their site who presumably did not pay their ransom demands. One…
US soldiers accidentally leak nuclear secrets via study apps — report
Alex Berry reports: Troops on US bases in Europe housing nuclear weapons have been using publicly accessible online flashcard apps to remember long and complex security protocols, the investigative website Bellingcat revealed on Friday. The military personnel turned to sites such as Quizlet, Chegg Prep and Cram to memorize codes, jargon and even the status of nuclear…
Russian SolarWinds hackers launch email attack on government agencies
Nobelium launched the attacks after getting access to an email marketing service used by the United States Agency for International Development, or USAID, according to Microsoft. Guardian staff and agencies report: The state-backed Russian cyber spies behind the SolarWinds hacking campaign launched a targeted phishing assault on US and foreign government agencies and thinktanks this…