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Legal misinterpretation to blame for delay in reporting Kentucky unemployment breach

Posted on September 21, 2020 by Dissent

Matthew Glowicki reports: An inspector general report has found there were “unacceptable” delays in reporting an April security breach of Kentucky’s unemployment system but that residents’ personal information doesn’t appear to have been misused. The report primarily blames the monthlong delay in reporting the breach on current legal staff who relied on a holdover procedure from the previous administration…

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The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Belarus reacted to the leak of data from law enforcement officers

Posted on September 19, 2020 by Dissent

 Bhavi Mandalia reports: The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Belarus reacted to the leak of data from law enforcement officers to the Internet…..  The data of more than a thousand law enforcement officers were made public on September 19. In particular, the surnames, first names, patronymics, dates of birth, city of residence, rank and position…

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Cyber security breach at National Informatics Centre, malware attack traced to Bengaluru

Posted on September 19, 2020 by Dissent

ET reports: Breaching cyber security a malware attack on 100 computers of the National Informatics Centre (NIC) was reported on Friday. The government’s nodal agency NIC is responsible for securing critical cyber-infrastructure in the country and comes under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY). Read more on ET.

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UPDATE: City of Carmel website remains down after hacking incident

Posted on September 18, 2020 by Dissent

Kurt Christian reports: Carmel’s official city website remained out of service Friday afternoon while officials investigated a hacking incident. The city said its information technology department discovered shortly after 8 a.m. Friday that carmel.in.gov had been been hit by hackers. City spokesman Dan McFeely said the city immediately took down the website and is now working to…

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Texas Teams Up with FireEye to Tackle Ransomware

Posted on September 17, 2020 by Dissent

This may help some Texas school districts and other public agencies in Texas.  I usually don’t post press releases that promote commercial services, but am making an exception because I like the idea that a state is trying to provide more proactive and defensive support to school districts as well as other state agencies: FireEye,…

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GA: Jekyll Island Authority computer system infiltrated in ransomware attack

Posted on September 16, 2020 by Dissent

The Brunswick News reports: Jekyll Island Authority fell victim last week to a ransomware attack that has since been mostly addressed. JIA Executive Director Jones Hooks informed the authority’s board at its monthly meeting Tuesday that JIA computer systems were infected by a ransomware attack designed to damage or gain unauthorized access to the system. “All of our computer…

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