Public Notice: State Auditor’s Office efforts regarding Accellion data security breach As reported, a security breach at Accellion, a third-party file transfer service impacted the Washington State Auditor’s Office (SAO) in late December 2020. SAO first learned about the breach in mid-January 2021. Since that time, SAO has taken steps to identify the data files…
Category: Government Sector
County auditor states CIC software for timeclock has been down since last Tuesday
Danielle Linton-Hatfield reports: During a regular Saline County Commission meeting held on Thursday, March 25, Auditor Karlin Breshears explained the CIC software server for the Saline County Courthouse has been down since last Tuesday, March 16. […] Northern Commissioner Stephanie Gooden estimated there are 11-15 counties CIC provides services to. “They have municipalities and school…
IL: Alton confirms ‘data incident’ in early March
Dylan Suttles reports: City officials are acknowledging a data breach occurred earlier this month. Alton Mayor Brant Walker on Tuesday confirmed that what he described as a “data incident” happened on March 5. Walker said the city immediately took steps to secure all of the city’s information networks. Read more on The Telegraph. There is…
KY: City of Frankfort has IT network hacked
Austin Horn reports: The City of Frankfort says it learned of a hack to its servers on Sunday. Two separate sources with knowledge of the situation — including one city employee — told The State Journal that the city is being held ransom. Both spoke on condition of anonymity. After an inquiry from the newspaper,…
NZ: Privacy breach: IRD sent details of baby to complete stranger and paid her $240
Tamsyn Parker reports: A woman was shocked to find the details of an unknown baby had been added to her online Inland Revenue account and to receive a $240 back-dated payment for the child. Katie, who doesn’t want her last name used, said she received an email from the IRD last week to say her…
CZ: Railway administration was attacked by hackers, operations not endangered
Translation from ceskatelevize.cz: The railway administration has been facing a cyber attack since last week, Deník N reported . The state organization, which provides traffic on the railways, assured that it was not affected by the attack or traffic safety. The attack followed other previous incidents that targeted state organizations or ministries. According to the spokesman of the Railway Administration…