There have been a rash of reports on unemployment fraud due to states simplifying the process to apply online during the pandemic. Could this be part of that bigger picture? WAVE3 reported that the Kentucky Career Center posted the following statement on its website: While there has not been any security breach and no information…
Category: Government Sector
Indian Army Probes Alleged Data Breach In Northern Command Amid Border Tensions
Shloak Prabhu reports: The Indian Army is probing an alleged case of data breach in its northern command after a soldier was caught sharing data with Pakistani operatives. The data breach matter came to light after army officials caught the soldier from Punjab who was posted with the Northern Command. This came amid Indian Army’s…
SolarWinds hackers targeted NASA, Federal Aviation Administration networks
Zack Whittaker reports: Hackers are said to have broken into the networks of U.S. space agency NASA and the Federal Aviation Administration as part of a wider espionage campaign targeting U.S. government agencies and private companies. The two agencies were named by the Washington Post on Tuesday, hours ahead of a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing tasked with…
Jamaica’s Amber Group fixes second JamCOVID security lapse
Zack Whittaker reports: Amber Group has fixed a second security lapse that exposed private keys and passwords for the government’s JamCOVID app and website. A security researcher told TechCrunch on Sunday that the Amber Group left a file on the JamCOVID website by mistake, which contained passwords that would have granted access to the backend…
PA: Personal info might have been hacked after January Clearfield County cyber attack
WCED News reports: People associated with Clearfield County and the Clearfield County Courthouse could have been affected by a cyber attack on the county’s computer network in January. The county has sent out written notification letters to anyone who might have been affected by the data breach. That letter also includes steps that you might…
AO: Ministry of Finance suffers cyber attack
Translation of Portuguese article: The technological platform to support the activities of the Ministry of Finance, with access to emails and shared folders, was the target of a cyber attack on Thursday, with unidentified origins and motivations, according to a statement from the institution. Despite the situation, it reassures that salary processing services and revenue…