Nancy Asiamah reports: Documents relating to the payroll system of employees at Ludlow Town Hall were illegally accessed in a cyberattack attack on Wednesday, according to officials. In an email to 22News Thursday evening, Ludlow officials said the town was a victim of a ransomware attack that “impacted many of the town’s IT infrastructure systems, including its payroll system.” Read more on WWLP. Additional details about the impact of…
Category: Government Sector
PA: Meadville reveals months-old ‘suspicious’ data incident
Mike Crowley reports: In October, when Meadville City Council unanimously approved more than doubling what the city was spending on computer security and network management, City Manager Andy Walker said the investment was worth it given “the constant headlines with respect to cyber attacks and ransomware and malware.” “We just found ourselves in a position…
Man Sentenced to 42 Months Imprisonment for Stealing Personal Identifying Information of More Than 8,000 Healthcare.Gov Customers and Causing $587,000 in Losses
New Orleans — U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that COLBI TRENT DEFIORE, age 27, a resident of Carriere, Mississippi, was sentenced to 42 months imprisonment, 3 years of supervised release and payment of a $100 special assessment fee by United States District Judge Jay A. Zainey after previously pleading guilty to a one-count indictment with…
Cedar Springs Hospital notifies patients of breach after state loses drive with patient data
Yesterday, Cedar Springs Hospital in Colorado issued a press release about an incident that involved the state. They explain: Cedar Springs Hospital recently received a request from its licensing agency, the Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment (“CDPHE”), for certain hospital records. As a licensed healthcare provider, Cedar Springs Hospital is subject to periodic…
Ransomware Attack Causing Major Outages to City and County Services
On December 6, TXK reported: A ransomeware (sic) cyber attack has struck city computers causing outages across Bowie and Miller Counties. According to Bowie County 202nd District Court Judge John Tidwell, “the computers at the Courthouse and BiState have been shut down today along with other agencies.” Read more on TXK Today. Today, Texarkana posted…
European Medicines Agency claims victim of cyberattack (updated)
SudOuest.fr and AFP report (translation:) The European Medicines Agency (EMA), which is currently deliberating on the issuance of authorizations for several vaccines against Covid-19, declared itself the victim of a cyberattack on Wednesday. The Amsterdam-based agency said the incident was under investigation, without specifying when the attack took place. “The MEA was the object of a…