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US mayors group adopts resolution not to pay any more ransoms to hackers

Posted on July 12, 2019 by Dissent

Catalin Cimpanu reports: The US Conference of Mayors unanimously adopted yesterday a resolution not to pay any more ransom demands to hackers following ransomware infections. “Paying ransomware attackers encourages continued attacks on other government systems, as perpetrators financially benefit,” the adopted resolution reads. Read more on ZDNet.

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Data breach exposes information of nearly 15,000 patients of LA County’s Department of Health Services, officials say

Posted on July 11, 2019 by Dissent

Pierce Singgih reports: The personal data of 14,591 L.A. County patients has been exposed in a hack of an L.A. County Department of Health Services contractor’s email, officials said Tuesday. An employee of the Nemadji Research Corporation, a contractor that identifies and verifies patient eligibility for programs that reimburse care provided by DHS, was hacked…

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VA: Arlington Investigating Cyber Attack on County Payroll System

Posted on July 11, 2019 by Dissent

ARLNow reports: (Updated at 5:20 p.m.) Arlington County has revealed a cyber attack that penetrated the county’s payroll system. In a statement, the county says a number of employees were impacted by the intrusion, but did not specify the exact number or impacts. The intrusion appears to be the result of a “phishing” email targeting…

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Unsecured databases leak 90 million records of people and businesses in China

Posted on July 9, 2019 by Dissent

Dev Kundaliya reports: Two databases lying unprotected on the internet leaked records of more than 90 million people and businesses in China last week, a security researcher has claimed. The databases belonged to the Jiangsu Provincial Public Security Department in China and contained more than 26GB of data. In total, they contained 58,364,777 citizen records…

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Malware attack disables government computer systems in LaPorte, Indiana

Posted on July 8, 2019 by Dissent

Nick Pappas reports: According to LaPorte County Commission President Dr. Vidya Kora, county employees will not have access to any government email or website for at least a couple days. Authorities say that the county experienced a malware attack that occurred on Saturday morning, disabling computer and email systems. Read more on ABC.

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UK: Security Medway Council reforms eforms to stop blurting out residents’ details

Posted on July 8, 2019 by Dissent

Jude Karabus reports: Medway council in Kent has corked a hole in its website that spat out residents’ names, mailing addresses, phone numbers and email addresses after a Reg reader got in touch to complain. The breach appeared courtesy of some of Medway Council’s electronic forms. The council’s eforms were conceived during a collaboration of…

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