Catalin Cimpanu reports: Security researchers say they found evidence that a Chinese government-linked hacking group has been bypassing two-factor authentication (2FA) in a recent wave of attacks. The attacks have been attributed to a group the cyber-security industry is tracking as APT20, believed to operate on the behest of the Beijing government, Dutch cyber-security firm…
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SG: Personal data of Ministry of Defence and Singapore Armed Forces were potentially affected by unrelated attacks on two vendors
Clara Chong reports that two unrelated incidents involving government vendors had put the data of Ministry of Defence and Singapore Armed Forces staff at risk. 2,400 Mindef and SAF leaked after ST Logistics phished: The data included the full names and NRIC numbers, and a combination of contact numbers, e-mail or residential addresses, Mindef said…
New Milford, CT issues data security incident notice
NEW MILFORD, Conn., Dec. 20, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — The Town of New Milford (“the Town”) is providing notice of a recent data incident that may affect the security of certain personal information within its email system. To date, the Town has no indication that any information has been misused as a result of this incident. However, in an abundance…
Henry County spends $650K to restore its computer network affected in a data breach
Cyware reports: Henry County, Georgia, was forced to pull out typewriters and switch to paper forms after it’s computer network was affected in a ransomware attack that occurred in July 2019. This tireless manual process appeared to have extended for the next couple of weeks until the affected systems were restored. Read more on Cyware
Marietta utility customer data found on dark web after Click2Gov security breach
Ross Williams reports that about 8,800 Marietta, Georgia utility customers may have had their credit card info compromised by the kind of Click2Gov breach we’ve been hearing about since this summer. As in some other reports, their data — or data that is likely to come from this incident — has already been found on…
CA: Hackers cripple city of Galt computer systems in ransomware attack
Matthew Nuttle and Kurt Rivera report: Hackers have crippled key computer systems for the city of Galt in pursuit of a ransom payment, city officials announced Tuesday. Officials said they first learned of the ransomware attack early Monday morning when computer systems started to fail. The full extent of the attack is not yet known, but officials…