Jaz Mendez reports: Hackers broke into the Orange County District Attorney’s office’s information technology system last week, the DA’s office announced Monday. The office did not specify whether any information was compromised, but said in a press release that it took “immediate action” to shut down its cybersecurity infrastructure as soon as it learned of…
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Ie: “Thousands of drivers have sensitive data exposed to hackers in major IT breach”
What is one headline writer’s “major IT breach” may be a blogger’s “data leak.” Adrian Weckler reports: The driving licences of thousands of motorists who had vehicles towed on behalf of the gardaí were left at the mercy of hackers in a major data breach, the Irish Independent can reveal. More than half a million documents exposed…
‘Data security event’ in city’s email system may have exposed health information, Philly officials say
Nick Vadala reports: A potential data breach in the City of Philadelphia’s email system earlier this year may have exposed protected health information for an unspecified number of people. Read more at The Philadelphia Inquirer. It is not clear from what the city has disclosed why it took them almost 5 months from initial discovery…
D.C. Board of Elections revises its estimate of data breach — could be entire voter roll
The D.C. Board of Elections appears to have revised its estimate of how much data was accessible to a threat actor who listed it for sale on a dark web site. The listing had claimed to have 600k lines of voter registration records from the D.C. Board of Elections, but a preliminary statement by the…
Police employee arrested for computer trespassing and violation of official secrecy
Politie reports an alleged insider breach in the police department itself: An employee of the Amsterdam police unit was arrested this week on suspicion of computer trespassing and violation of official secrecy. The investigation into the employee is conducted by the Safety, Integrity and Complaints department (VIK) of the Amsterdam unit under the direction of…
Cuba ransomware gang demands $1.9 million for decryption key; Rock County refuses
WCLO reports an update to the ransomware attack experienced by Rock County, Wisconsin in September after they were attacked by the Cuba ransomware gang: Rock County officials are refusing to pay the $1.9 million hackers are seeking to unlock files that were encrypted during a recent ransomware attack. … Smith says fortunately all critical systems…