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Hackers hit South African government fund for children and missing people

Posted on September 30, 2020 by Dissent

Mfuneko Toyana reports: Hackers attacked a South Africa’s justice department fund last week, the department said on Sept 30, but said it did not receive any ransom demands. They targeted a fund containing a pool of money held by the courts in trust on behalf of minors, unborn heirs and missing or absent persons, it…

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Security lapse exposes hundreds of addresses of Minnesotans infected with COVID-19

Posted on September 29, 2020 by Dissent

Jay Kolls reports: In April, Gov. Tim Walz signed an executive order allowing the Minnesota Department of Health and the Minnesota Department of Public Safety to share addresses of COVID-19 patients with first responders across Minnesota. The governor imposed strict guidelines for sharing those addresses to protect the identity of Minnesotans with COVID-19. MDH and…

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Inspector General’s Report Confirms CBP Contractor Was Hacked, Resulting In Sensitive Info Making Its Way To The Dark Web

Posted on September 29, 2020 by Dissent

Tim Cushing reports an update on a 2019 breach previously noted on this site; Last year, a CBP vendor suffered a data breach affecting more than 100,000 people who had crossed the border at checkpoints. The CBP refused to name the contractor involved in the breach, but internal documents indicated it was Perceptics. Perceptics provided and maintained the…

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UK investigates cyberattack leaking Syria propaganda operations

Posted on September 29, 2020 by Dissent

The Middle East Monitor (MEMO) reports: The British government is probing a hack carried out on computer systems belonging to the British Foreign Ministry, which resulted in hundreds of files exposing its propaganda operations in Syria being stolen. In the massive security breach reported by the UK-based news outlet Middle East Eye, hackers sought out files…

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Hackers Have Infiltrated Many of Washington State’s Agencies

Posted on September 28, 2020 by Dissent

Kartikay Mehrotra and Dina Bass report: Hackers have launched a sprawling, multifaceted cyber-attack against the state of Washington, according to two people familiar with the matter. The attack infested many of the state’s agencies with sophisticated malware, including one type known as Trickbot, according to the two people, who requested anonymity because they aren’t authorized…

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TN: ‘Data security incident’ shuts down Montgomery County’s computer network

Posted on September 27, 2020 by Dissent

Chris Smith reports: Montgomery County’s government networks were taken down over the weekend during a “data security incident” that started on Friday. While several websites were accessible to the public on Sunday, they had limited functionality. Read more on Clarksville Now.

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