I honestly cannot think of a more ironic name for a blog than the Sodinokibi (REvil) ransomware operators calling their website “Happy Blog.” Reading their updates today, they certainly didn’t seem happy, especially with Coveware, a firm that has assisted numerous ransomware victims. The firm’s services include helping negotiate ransom amounts and payment. But something…
Category: Government Sector
Wright County notifies residents of 2019 email hack; COVID-19 response somewhat delayed notification
Notification of Data Security Incident May 13, 2020 Wright County, Minnesota – Notification of Data Security Incident This notice is to inform Wright County residents of a data security incident that potentially affected the personal information of county residents and non-residents in Wright County’s possession. We take the privacy and security of private information we…
Latest Nova Scotia privacy breach reveals names, medical conditions, sexual abuse details
Yvonne Colbert reports: The Nova Scotia government is saying very little about another privacy breach, this one involving an unknown number of Workers’ Compensation Board appeal decisions that include the names of workers and some intimate personal information about them. The government removed the documents after being informed by CBC that the decisions were unredacted and…
AU: Federal court launches snap investigation of its asylum seeker data breach
Ben Butler reports: The federal court has launched a snap investigation of how it potentially broke the law an estimated 400 times by revealing the names of asylum seekers on a public website. John McMillan, a senior lawyer, former commonwealth ombudsman, privacy commissioner and inspector general of intelligence, is conducting a review into how the…
Texas Says Court System Was Subject to Ransomware Attack
Tina Davis reports: Texas said its court system has been hit by a ransomware attack. The state said the attack was discovered Friday and that it’s not going to paying ransom. The Office of Court Administration said that filings and research are still available and there was no indication any personal information was compromised.The “branch…
US Marshals says prisoners’ personal information taken in data breach (updated)
Zack Whittaker reports: A data breach at the U.S. Marshals Service exposed the personal information of current and former prisoners, TechCrunch has learned. A letter sent to those affected, and obtained by TechCrunch, said the Justice Department notified the U.S. Marshals on December 30, 2019 of a data breach affecting a public-facing server storing personal…