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Ransomware attack on Netgain Technology compromised info of Ramsey County home visit clients

Posted on January 30, 2021 by Dissent

Deanna Weniger reports: Ramsey County government offices have been hacked … again. On Friday, the county sent a notification to 8,700 clients of its Family Health Division letting them know that their data may have been accessed on or around Dec. 2. Netgain Technology LLC, a vendor that provides technology services to Ramsey County, advised the county…

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False Statements and Concealment of Material Information by VA Information Technology Staff

Posted on January 30, 2021 by Dissent

Title: False Statements and Concealment of Material Information by VA Information Technology Staff Report Number: 17-01980-201 Download Report Issue Date: 1/28/2021 City/State: VA Office: Office of Information and Technology (OIT) Report Author: Office of Special Review Report Type: Investigative Review Release Type: Unrestricted Summary: The VA Office of Inspector General (OIG) conducted an administrative investigation…

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UKRI issues statement about ransomware attack

Posted on January 29, 2021 by Dissent

GC reports: The UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) has sustained a cyber attack adversely affecting several of its web assets, which has resulted in data being encrypted by a third party. After reporting the incident to the National Crime Agency, the National Cyber Security Centre and Information Commissioner’s Office, UKRI stated that at this point…

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Australian government ordered to pay 1,300 asylum seekers whose details were exposed

Posted on January 28, 2021 by Dissent

Christopher Knaus reports an update to a breach that occurred in 2014 — a breach that resulted in entities in numerous countries downloading asylum seekers’ information. The Australian government has been ordered to compensate almost 1,300 asylum seekers whose details were mistakenly exposed online in one of the country’s most shocking privacy breaches. After almost…

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BR: Municipality of Balneário Camboriú hit by ransomware

Posted on January 27, 2021 by Dissent

The following is a Google translation: The Municipality of Balneário Camboriú is on Wednesday (27) without online services due to a cyber attack by Ransomware, which is a type of harmful software that restricts access to the infected system with a kind of block and charges a ransom for that access can be restored. The…

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IRS Agent Charged with Identity Theft and Wire Fraud

Posted on January 27, 2021 by Dissent

A 10-count indictment was unsealed today in federal court in Brooklyn charging Bryan Cho, also known as “Yong Hee Cho,” with possession of a fake foreign passport; aggravated identity theft; making false statements during a background check and wire fraud in connection with the purchase of an Upper East Side co-op apartment.  Cho was arrested this…

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