Tim Haddock reports: El Monte officials were working to replace City Hall computer servers Tuesday, April 6, in response to an “unauthorized access” to its system that caused the cancellation of Tuesday’s City Council meeting and has left the city without email access. Mayor Jessica Ancona said she expected the email system, which the city…
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Brescia and Rho: Municipalities report cyberattacks
Cristiano Ghidotti reports: Unfortunately, the news of the cyber attack that has brought the systems of the Municipality of Brescia and the provision of services to citizens to their knees does not seem to be an April fool . This is communicated by the official website of the Lombard capital, with a brief statement that we report below. The Municipality of Brescia informs…
How Jamaica failed to handle its JamCOVID scandal
Zack Whittaker provides a follow-up on the scandal involving the government of Jamaica, a contractor called Amber Group, and the multiple security issues with JamCOVID. Readers may recall that at the time of Zack’s original reporting, the government and contractor downplayed the incident and a minister made thinly veiled threats directed at Zack and TechCrunch…
Man charged for hacking Kansas water utility with intent to harm public
Catalin Cimpanu reports: The US Department of Justice has indicted today a Kansas man on charges of hacking into the computer system of a local water utility and trying to sabotage water processing operations with the intent to harm the local public. According to court documents, the incident took place on March 27, 2019, and…
DE: City administration Angermünde temporarily unavailable
The following is a translation of a notice on Angermünde’s web site: The city administration of Angermünde is initially closed for all administrative services until April 7th, 2021. This affects all administrative areas including the citizens’ office and registry office. The reason is a hacker attack that damaged the entire IT system of the administration. All administrative staff…
Russian hackers stole emails from Trump’s cybersecurity team: ‘We’re talking the crown jewels’
Travis Gettys reports: Suspected Russian hackers stole emails belonging to top officials in the Trump administration’s Department of Homeland Security, including members of its cybersecurity staff. The Biden administration has tried not to reveal the scope of the breach as it considers retaliatory measures against Russia, but the Associated Press found new details about the hack of…