Mick Clifford reports: Personal files of staff and former staff members at the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection were leaked in a data breach of one of the department’s IT systems. A malfunction in the system led to confidential information being shared with a wide number of staff in the department, the Irish Examiner has…
Category: Government Sector
Pakistan Army identifies major cyber attack by India targeting mobile phones of govt, military officials
The News reports: Pakistani intelligence agencies have tracked a major security breach by Indian hackers whereby phones and other gadgets of government officials and military personnel were targeted, the military’s media wind said Wednesday. According to a statement by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the cyber-attack by Indian intelligence agencies involved “a range of cyber…
Argentina exposes COVID-19 health data in error
Tim Sandle reports: Argentina’s health officials have apparently exposed personal medical data relating to some 115,000 COVID-19 quarantine exemption applicants, in what represents a major health sector data breach. […] An Elasticsearch database containing personal information of more than 115,000 Argentinians who applied for COVID-19 circulation permits was exposed on the web without a password…
Second Data Breach at Kentucky Unemployment System
Sarah Coble reports: Kentucky’s unemployment system appears to have suffered its second data breach in four months after a claimant reported being able to view another claimant’s personal data. The reporter of the alleged breach logged on to the Office of Unemployment Insurance’s (OUI) online system on July 27 to work on their unemployment application. While trying…
CO: Lafayette pays $45,000 in ransom after cyber-attack disabled computer system
Keely Sugden and Evan Kruegel report: The mayor of Lafayette posted a video Tuesday, saying the City has paid a $45,000 ransom after a cyber attack affected city computer and phone systems. “The City was coerced into paying a $45,000 ransom to retrieve a ‘key’ to unlock encrypted data,” officials said. Read more on KDVR.
NZ police terminate contract with Gravitas after breach
Tom Pullar-Strecker reports: Police are axing their contract with Auckland research firm Gravitas after information they sent the firm about police complainants was lost in a Nigerian hack. Assistant commissioner Jevon McSkimming announced earlier this month – without naming the company – that Gravitas had alerted Police to the data breach and had also reported it…