Teri Robinson reports: A ransomware attack took out parts of the Knoxville city website but did not compromise personal or financial information. The Tennessee city’s public safety operations were spared, Knoxnews cited Chief Operations Officer David Brace, deputy to the mayor, as saying. Brace said the fire department discovered the attack but didn’t disclose the amount or…
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eHealth ransomware attack potentially catastrophic for Saskatchewan health card holders
Now, five months later, eHealth admits it still doesn’t know exactly what information was taken, who took it, where it went or what it’s being used for. And that is a recipe for disaster. CBC News reports: The bad guys slipped the virus into the eHealth Saskatchewan computer system on Dec. 20. For the next…
Germany Seeks EU Sanctions for 2015 Cyberattack on Its Parliament
Catherine Stupp reports: Germany is urging its fellow European Union governments to impose the bloc’s first-ever sanctions for hacking on a Russian suspect in the 2015 cyberattack on the German parliament. An EU sanctions framework for cyberattacks took effect last year, allowing the imposition of travel bans to the EU and the freezing of bank…
(UPDATED) AL: Florence city computer systems hit by cyber attack
Update: After you read the news report below, do read Brian Krebs’ report on how he had warned them that DoppelPaymer operators had compromised one of their Windows 10 systems. The city thought it dodged the bullet after responding to his alert. They hadn’t. WAFF in Alabama reports: The city of Florence confirms its computer…
San Francisco Employees’ Retirement System notifies employees of contractor breach
The San Francisco Employees’ Retirement System has been notifying people about a breach. From their notification, this explanation of what happened: The Retirement System contracts with vendors to provide SFERS members with on‐ line access to their account information. One of the vendors, 10up Inc., set up a test environment on a separate computer server…
NJ: Systems returning after computer hack in Bernards Township
The Bernardsville News reports: Most computer operations have been restored, including the township’s website, after the May 11 “ransomeware attack” on municipal computers by unknown hackers. On Monday, June 1, Mayor James Baldassare Jr. told this newspaper that operations were returning to normal. Read more on The Bernardsville News.