Justin Hendry reports: Australian Signals Directorate chief Mike Burgess has confirmed data was stolen by a state-sponsored actor during February’s malicious attack against Parliament House. In what appears to be the first public admission of the data exfiltration, Burgess told senate estimates last week that a limited amount of non-confidential data had made its way…
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Hacker Claims They Breached Israel’s Voter Registry Three Days Before Election
Refaella Goichman reports: A hacker claimed Saturday evening that they broke into Israel’s voter registry and stole information on six million Israelis, only three days before Tuesday’s Knesset election. The hacker, known as DarkCoder, tweeted that as part of the annual OpIsrael cyberattack against Israel’s digital infrastructure, they have successfully hacked the voter database. But…
Still not fixed: Ransomware attack in Genesee County will hamper some county business again Monday
ABC12 reports that Genesee County has not fully restored functionality following a ransomware attack. The county is now saying business will not return to normal by Monday like they had hoped. The county has made progress since discovering the attack Tuesday. At least now e-mail services have been restored, but now the county says because…
UK: ICO Fines London Council for Gangs Matrix Data Leak Exposing 203 People
Sergiu Gatlan reports: The London Borough of Newham received a £145,000 monetary penalty from the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) after leaking the personal information of more than 200 individuals allegedly associated with gangs. As discovered by an ICO investigation, the personal data of more than 203 alleged gang members was disclosed by a Newham Council…
Former Sen. Hassan Aide Stole Gigabytes Of ‘High Value’ Data
Luke Rosiak reports: A former IT aide to New Hampshire Democratic Sen. Maggie Hassan mounted an “extraordinarily extensive data-theft scheme” against the office, the culprit’s plea agreement states. The plot included the installation of tiny “keylogging” devices that picked up every keystroke. Between July and October 2018, former IT aide Jackson Cosko worked with an…
Almost $500,000 swiped in city of Tallahassee payroll hack
Karl Etters reports: Almost half a million dollars was diverted out of the city of Tallahassee’s employee payroll Wednesday after a suspected foreign cyber-attack of its human resources management application. Hackers attempt every day to breach the city’s security, officials say, but this week’s operation netted about $498,000. Read more on Tallahassee Democrat.