Laurent Philippot reports that the City of Evreux and the Évreux Portes de Normandie became victims of a ransomware attack about a week ago. At the present time, they locked down their systems to keep the attacker out, but that means that phones and internet are degraded or not working at this time. The mayor…
Category: Government Sector
IN: Telangana Government Site Flaw Exposed Sensitive Data of All Its Employees, Pensioners; Fixed Only After Three Months
Jagmeet Singh reports: Telangana state government took over three months to protect sensitive details of its employees and pensioners from its website. The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) confirmed the vulnerability and replied on email in September to say that the authorities had been intimated about the issue, and Telangana IT Secretary Jayesh Ranjan…
OH: Olmsted Falls City Council approves new computer vendor to provide data security
In a year when so many small government agencies have been attacked, it’s nice to see local governments address improving security, although advertising how vulnerable they may currently be may be an invitation to attackers. John Benson reports: hen it comes to data security and computer operations, it doesn’t matter if you’re talking about a…
AU: Service NSW not effectively handling private information: NSW Auditor-General
Chris Duckett reports: The NSW Auditor-General Margaret Crawford has released her office’s report into how Service NSW handles personal and business information, following the agency being breached earlier this year. In May, the agency fessed up to the phishing attack, which led to 47 staff email accounts being compromised. The breach was said to have impacted 186,000 customers and…
Nuclear weapons agency breached amid massive cyber onslaught
Natasha Bertrand and Eric Wolff report: The Energy Department and National Nuclear Security Administration, which maintains the U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile, have evidence that hackers accessed their networks as part of an extensive espionage operation that has affected at least half a dozen federal agencies, officials directly familiar with the matter said. On Thursday, DOE…
FR: City of Pantin likely a victim of a ransomware attack
Dorine Goth reports (translation): A few weeks after Bondy ( Seine-Saint-Denis ), the city of Pantin would in turn be the victim of a cyberattack . “On a city scale, I must first tell you that our computer servers have probably been the subject of a cyber-attack attempt like other cities (Bondy, Charleville Mézières, Bayonne) before us. », Announced Friday December 11, 2020 Bertrand Kern , the…