Kartikay Mehrotra and Dina Bass report: Hackers have launched a sprawling, multifaceted cyber-attack against the state of Washington, according to two people familiar with the matter. The attack infested many of the state’s agencies with sophisticated malware, including one type known as Trickbot, according to the two people, who requested anonymity because they aren’t authorized…
Category: Government Sector
TN: ‘Data security incident’ shuts down Montgomery County’s computer network
Chris Smith reports: Montgomery County’s government networks were taken down over the weekend during a “data security incident” that started on Friday. While several websites were accessible to the public on Sunday, they had limited functionality. Read more on Clarksville Now.
FL: Martin County website data hacked; investigation launched as county downplays threat
Sade M. Gordon reports: State and local law-enforcement agencies are investigating an apparent hack of data from the Martin County website. Officials were unaware the 3-year-old data — stored offsite — was stolen until a person contacted the county legal department early this week. The caller didn’t threaten the county or ask for ransom, spokesperson Martha Ann Kneiss…
CISA says a hacker breached a federal agency
Catalin Cimpanu reports: A hacker has gained access and exfiltrated data from a federal agency, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) said on Thursday. The name of the hacked federal agency, the date of the intrusion, or any details about the intruder, such as an industry codename or state affiliation, were not disclosed. Read…
Nigerian Man Sentenced to Three Years in Prison for Computer Hacking Scheme that Targeted Government Employees
Almost one year after a Nigerian national was extradited from Canada and charged with defrauding vendors of office products by “phishing” e-mail login information from government employees, Olumide Ogunremi, a/k/a “Tony Williams,” was sentenced in federal court in Newark. The sentence was announced by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey. Ogunremi…
AL: St. Clair County is latest victim of cyberattack
WBRC reports: St. Clair County Commission Chairman Paul Manning said the county is a victim of a cyberattack, but no data has left the system. Manning said on September 21, 2020, around 7:00 p.m., St. Clair County was the target of the cyberattack. The county immediately began taking actions to mitigate and remediate any hardware…