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NYPD Fingerprint Database Infected With Ransomware by Third Party Contractor

Posted on December 13, 2019 by Dissent

Nicole Lindsey reports In yet another sign that hackers are shifting their focus to public institutions and local municipalities, the New York Police Department (NYPD) has acknowledged that its fingerprint database was recently the target of an attempted ransomware attack. According to the NYPD’s Deputy Commissioner for Information Technology, the attempted ransomware attack was the…

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City of Hamilton warns data breach may compromise residents’ personal information

Posted on December 12, 2019 by Dissent

Don Mitchell reports: The City of Hamilton is alerting residents of a “potential privacy breach” in which water-related billing data may have been accessed by third-party vendors. In a release on Wednesday afternoon, the city said it’s water-related services, including meter reading, billing, payment, collections, and customer care services which are managed by Alectra Utilities,…

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Waco’s online water payment portal breached, card data possibly captured

Posted on December 11, 2019 by Dissent

Another day, another Click2Gov client reporting a breach. This time it’s Waco, Texas. Update: Gemini Advisory reports that 2500 cards were involved.

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Police Procedural: How South Carolina Arrest Records Were Exposed

Posted on December 11, 2019 by Dissent

UpGuard reports: The UpGuard Research team can now disclose that a cloud storage bucket containing personally identifiable information (PII) for thousands of people in the South Carolina justice system has been secured. An employee of Spartan Technology, a South Carolina tech company, had uploaded a collection of backups to the AWS S3 storage service. The data collection…

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Pensacola officials not sure if cyberattack related to shooting at naval air station

Posted on December 9, 2019 by Dissent

Tina Burnside and Eric Levenson report: The city of Pensacola, Florida, said it has experienced a cyber “incident” and has disconnected several city services until the issue can be resolved. Mayor Grover Robinson told CNN affiliate WEAR the city has been dealing with a cyberattack since late Friday. Read more on CNN. h/t, @VERISDB

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Metro Atlanta city experiences data breach, FBI investigating

Posted on December 9, 2019 by Dissent

Jason Braverman reports: The City of Newnan recently experienced a data breach where an “unauthorized individual” was in possession of electronic files containing data maintained by the city, including personal information, the city told 11Alive. On Sept. 4, the city learned of the data breach regarding files that contained vehicle accident report data from approximately…

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