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Northampton Public Library working to recover from ransomware attack

Posted on November 18, 2020 by Dissent

Ransomware threat actors have hit yet another public library.  This time it is Northampton Public Library in Pennsylvania, who have posted this notice on their web site: Temporarily closed until further notice We will be temporarily closed until further notice due to technical issues. You will not be able to search our catalog, renew items online,…

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City of Saint John hit by ‘significant’ cyber attack

Posted on November 16, 2020 by Dissent

CBC reports that one of my favorite Canadian locales has been hit by a cyberattack. There’s been a “significant” cyber attack against the City of Saint John, according to a news release from the municipality on Sunday evening. The city’s 911 communication system is working, but other services such as online payments systems, email and…

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Seine-Saint-Denis. Cyberattack at Bondy town hall: a complaint has been filed

Posted on November 15, 2020 by Dissent

Maëlys Dolbois reports: Since Thursday, November 12, 2020, the City of Bondy (Seine-Saint-Denis ) has been fully mobilized against a cyberattack affecting municipal services. “Our services are undergoing a massive cyber attack which renders a large part of the city’s IT equipment inoperative. In particular, e-mail boxes are affected, ”said the City. Read more on Actu. h/t, @Chum1ng0

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Delaware Division of Public Health Announces Data Breach Incident Involving COVID-19 Results

Posted on November 15, 2020 by Dissent

DOVER (Nov. 15, 2020) – The Delaware Division of Public Health (DPH) is announcing today that it is mailing letters to individuals who were impacted by a recent data breach incident and is providing information to the public regarding the incident. On September 16, 2020, the Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) discovered that…

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How hackers collected sensitive data from the Land Transportation Office

Posted on November 14, 2020 by Dissent

Earlier this week, I noted a probe of a data leak involving the Land Transportation Office in Manila. There’s more reported today.  Art Samaniego reports: The country’s transportation agency is now on a hot seat as thousands of personal information of drivers and vehicle owners were processed and saved by a website pretending to be…

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Three voters demand €10m fine for IT firm behind huge data breach

Posted on November 13, 2020 by Dissent

Claudia Calleja has an update on litigation following a voter data leak involving  C-Planet IT Solutions Ltd. Three of the 337,384 Maltese voters whose data was leaked in a massive security breach in April, have filed a complaint with the Data Protection Authority requesting that the IT company that held the data be fined up…

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