Megan Broome reports: The county’s computer system was recently hit with what was thought to be ransomware, according to Darrin Giles, county administrator, in a phone interview Monday. Ransomware is a type of malicious software, or malware, designed to deny access to a computer system or data until a ransom is paid. Giles said that…
Category: Government Sector
Mexico’s economy ministry hit by cyber attack
Adriana Barrera reports: Mexico’s economy ministry detected a cyber attack on some of its servers on Sunday but did not consider sensitive information to have been compromised, and beefed up safety measures, it said in a statement. It was the second high-profile cyber attack on the Mexican government after hackers demanded $5 million in bitcoin…
HK: Data breach concerns after ‘theft’ of Hong Kong gov’t phones containing details of quarantined coronavirus residents
Kelly Ho reported this on February 20: Two government mobile phones containing the personal data of 122 residents in mandatory coronavirus quarantine have gone missing, raising concerns over a potential data breach. The Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (OGCIO) announced the suspected theft on Wednesday after their staff conducted an inventory check of all…
UK: Financial Conduct Authority goof reveals confidential details of 1,600 consumers
Jasper Jolly reports: The Financial Conduct Authority has admitted to accidentally revealing personal information of about 1,600 people who complained about it, in an embarrassing lapse for the regulator of Britain’s banks and investors. The FCA published names, addresses and phone numbers in a document on its website, in response to a request for data under the…
Grayson County, Texas systems offline due to ransomware attack
Meredith McCown reports: The state is investigating after Grayson County government systems were hit with a ransomware attack early Monday morning. Information Technology Director Ken Miller says their records management system was down when employees got to work. Read more on KXII.
Personal information of nearly 360,000 Quebec teachers exposed in data breach
Canadian Press reports: The personal information of nearly 360,000 teachers in Quebec may have been stolen in a data theft, the Quebec government confirmed on Friday. Quebec’s Treasury Board took stock in the wake of the ongoing investigation by the Sûreté du Québec (SQ) into identity theft of people working or having worked as teachers….