Aya Takada reports: Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority halted email exchanges with outside people and organizations after a suspected cyberattack on its server, a spokesman said Wednesday. Read more on Bloomberg Law (subscription required).
Category: Government Sector
How Swedish authorities’ confidential information was leaked in hacker attack
AFP and The Local report: Security arrangements for the Swedish parliament, alarm systems and details of bank vault floor plans have been shared online in a data leak that saw around 38,000 files stolen by hackers. A total of 19 gigabytes of information and around 38,000 files were stolen from security group Gunnebo by one…
FL: Cybersecurity incident causes Indian River County network to shutdown
FOX29 reports: Indian River County officials are investigating a cybersecurity system that has shut down employee emails, VoIP phones, and the county’s website. The network interruption was discovered Thursday night around 9 p.m. and has since impacted network capabilities in various county offices. Read more on FOX29.
Chenango County hit with cyberattack
Josh Rosenblatt reports: Unable to access any of their computer network, Chenango County employees have had to come up with other solutions. The county Director of Information and Technology Herman Ericksen told 12 News the county system was attacked over the weekend. Hackers locked out employees and demanded $450 for each computer in exchange for…
Names, Private Information Of Child Sex Crime Victims Were Illegally Made Public In Cook County Court Records
Samah Assad, Christopher Hacker, and Brad Edwards report: Cook County officials left the personal information of child sex crime victims in public court records, violating a state law that requires those details be kept hidden. The person charged with protecting those victims’ privacy in the records, Circuit Court Clerk Dorothy Brown, refused to restrict access to them for more than a month after being told about…
TX: Parker County Impacted by Computer Security Incident
October 19 – On Friday night Oct. 16, 2020, Parker County discovered they were impacted by a computer security incident. Following the discovery, County IT staff quickly isolated the compromised systems to limit the spread of the attack. County elections systems were not impacted. The Parker County Elections systems reside on an isolated network which…