SudOuest.fr and AFP report (translation:) The European Medicines Agency (EMA), which is currently deliberating on the issuance of authorizations for several vaccines against Covid-19, declared itself the victim of a cyberattack on Wednesday. The Amsterdam-based agency said the incident was under investigation, without specifying when the attack took place. “The MEA was the object of a…
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VA: Federal Aviation Administration Employee Arrested for Using Confidential Information for Attempted Extortion Scheme
Brian J. Booth, a 38-year-old Virginia resident, was arrested today and charged via criminal complaint with mail fraud for a scheme to use information stolen from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in an attempt to extort foreign officials and obtain payment for the information. According to Court records, Booth, an FAA employee, had access to…
NY: Long Beach Computer Network Shut Down After Cyber Attack Found
Alex Costello reports: The City of Long Beach was the target of a cyber attack last week, which forced the city to shut down its computer network. The city publicly announced the attack on Friday after discovering it on Tuesday afternoon. According to the city, some of its technology employees saw unusual interactions in the…
Ca: OC Transpo notifying My Alerts subscribers of data breach
Mike Vlasveld reports: The City of Ottawa is urging all subscribers who use the same password for multiple accounts to change their passwords. The City of Ottawa is investigating a cyber security incident related to its OC Transpo My Alerts system. It says OC Transpo My Alerts subscribers may have had their email addresses and…
AZ: Investigators seize devices from Fountain Hills residence in voter data theft case
Jen Fifield and Uriel J. Garcia report: Law enforcement officials served a search warrant at the home of a Fountain Hills man and seized computers, hard drives and other storage devices as part of an investigation into voter data theft from the Maricopa County Recorder’s Office website. The property was seized Nov. 5. Read more…
AU: How paper created a vulnerability for cyber criminals to steal 186,000 people’s data
Lucy Cormack reports: When the personal data of 186,000 people was breached in a phishing attack on Service NSW in March, the weakness cyber criminals were able to exploit was actually paper. Passports, banking and Medicare details were potentially exposed in photocopied and scanned paper documents stored inside the email accounts of 47 Service NSW…