Joshua Jongsma reports: Two New York men hacked the personal information of 50 North Jersey public employees, mostly police officers, and posted much of it online, authorities said. Evan Koulikov, 21, of Spring Valley, New York also made harassing phone calls to many of the victims, according to the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office. Eric Williams,…
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Ransomware gang wanted $5.3 million from US city, but they only offered $400,000
Catalin Cimpanu reports: A ransomware gang tried to extract a ransom payment of an unheard-of sum of $5.3 million from the city of New Bedford, Massachusetts, but the city chose to restore from backups after hackers rejected a smaller counter-offer of only $400,000. The incident happened in early July, but details were kept under wraps…
AU: Porter’s office in privacy breach
Alice Workman reports: Who knew the one thing that could unite Australia’s diverse multicultural leaders was a privacy breach by the Attorney-General’s office? Christian Porter gathered religious leaders and journalists at The Great Synagogue in Sydney’s CBD last Thursday to read his draft religious discrimination bill. Not all attended — the Catholic Church and Australian…
Update on Baltimore’s ransomware attack
Dan Kobialka reports: Baltimore city officials last week agreed to transfer $6 million from a fund for parks and public facilities to help cover “remediation and hardening” costs associated with a May 2019 ransomware attack, according to The Baltimore Sun. In addition, Baltimore officials last month said they are considering purchasing cyber insurance, The Baltimore…
Phishing scheme gains entry to Oregon Judicial Department emails
Aubrey Wieber reports: A phishing scheme succeeded in breaking into the email accounts of five Oregon Judicial Department employees, exposing personal information of more than 6,000 people. A forensic team determined that none of the information has been used in an inappropriate way so far. Read more on Mail Tribune.
IN: Man detained for data theft at Revenue dept.
Sharad Vyas reports: A desktop engineer from the State Information Technology (IT) Department was detained on Tuesday for allegedly stealing data from the Revenue Department, after the government filed a complaint with the Marine Drive police station. The engineer allegedly hacked into 28 computers connected to the Mumbai Collector, Deputy Collector and other tehsil offices….