The home page of Oxford City Council displays an alert: “Disruption to ICT systems and services: We have been experiencing issues with some of our services following a cyber security incident. Most systems are now back online. Thank you for your patience as we work through any backlogs.” The full notice indicates that they experienced…
Category: Government Sector
A state forensics lab was leaking its files. Getting it locked down involved a number of people.
Remember the old meme about how many <whatever your profession was> does it take to change a lightbulb? This week felt like, “How many people does it take to get very sensitive data locked down?” But there was nothing funny about it. Spoiler alert: the answer for this week was: 2 researchers, 1 journalist, 1…
Slapped wrists for Financial Conduct Authority staff who emailed work data home
How many warnings would you give employees not to send work to their personal email accounts? And why hasn’t a government agency deployed a software solution to prevent such transmissions? Connor Jones reports: Four staffers at the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) were let off with warnings over separate cases involving the transmission of regulator…
Brussels Parliament hit by cyber-attack
The Brussels Times with Belga reports: The services of the Brussels Parliament have been the target of a cyber attack since Monday. This was announced on Thursday. According to Parliament President Bertin Mampaka, every effort is being made to deal with the situation with external partners. Currently, there are no consequences for the functioning of…
Former CIA Analyst Sentenced to Over Three Years in Prison for Unlawfully Transmitting Top Secret National Defense Information
A former CIA analyst was sentenced today to 37 months in prison for unlawfully retaining and transmitting Top Secret National Defense Information to people who were not entitled to receive it, information which was publicly posted on social media platforms in October 2024. According to court documents, Asif William Rahman, 34, of Vienna, was an…
RCMP thumb drive with informant, witness data obtained by criminals: watchdog
Jim Bronskill reports: The RCMP lost a USB key containing personal information about victims, witnesses and informants, and later learned it was being offered for sale by criminals, the federal privacy watchdog says. A detailed report from the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada reveals the RCMP told the watchdog about the breach in March…