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SG: Personal data of Ministry of Defence and Singapore Armed Forces were potentially affected by unrelated attacks on two vendors

Posted on December 21, 2019 by Dissent

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…

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New Milford, CT issues data security incident notice

Posted on December 21, 2019 by Dissent

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…

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Henry County spends $650K to restore its computer network affected in a data breach

Posted on December 20, 2019 by Dissent

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 

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Marietta utility customer data found on dark web after Click2Gov security breach

Posted on December 18, 2019 by Dissent

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…

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CA: Hackers cripple city of Galt computer systems in ransomware attack

Posted on December 18, 2019 by Dissent

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…

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‘Incredibly sensitive’ data is open to cyberattack at Mass. tax-collection agency, audit report says

Posted on December 17, 2019 by Dissent

Colin A. Young reports: The state auditor has determined that the Department of Revenue has not done enough to defend sensitive taxpayer data like Social Security numbers and payment histories from cyberattacks, and the agency is working to bolster its strategic planning and training. The audit did not unearth new instances in which sensitive data…

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