Lucas Ropek reports: For the second time in a little over a year, a ransomware attack has struck the city of Baltimore, affecting its computer network and leading officials to shut down a majority of its servers, according to the mayor’s office. The attack, which occurred sometime Tuesday morning, left unaffected most critical systems such…
Category: Government Sector
KY: Daviess Co. library closed due to recent ransomware attack
Britney Taylor reports: Daviess County Public Library workers begin three days of work to restore systems affected by last week’s ransomware attack. The library is closed until Thursday as staff take inventory, updating patron accounts and repair damage from last week. Library Director Erin Waller says they’ve restored backup systems and are determining what’s been…
American Indian Health & Services, Inc. Provides Notice Of Data Security Event
SANTA BARBARA, Calif., May 6, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — American Indian Health & Services, Inc. (“AIHS”) is providing notice to individuals of a recent incident involving personal information. To date, AIHS has not received any reports that personal information has been misused as a result of this incident. What Happened? On March 7, 2019, AIHS discovered a…
Stolen NSA hacking tools were used in the wild 14 months before Shadow Brokers leak
Dan Goodin reports: On of the most significant events in computer security came in April 2017, when a still-unidentified group calling itself the Shadow Brokers published a trove of the National Security Agency’s most coveted hacking tools. The leak and the subsequent repurposing of the exploits in the WannaCry and NotPetya worms that shut down…
UK: Government in email privacy gaffe
BBC reports: A government department responsible for data protection laws has shared the contact details of hundreds of journalists. The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport emailed more than 300 recipients in a way that allowed their addresses to be seen by other people. The email – seen by the BBC – contained a…
Audit: HHS Info Security Program ‘Not Effective’
Marianne Kolbasuk McGee reports: The Department of Health and Human Services’ information security program has received a “not effective” rating as a result of several weaknesses found in an annual review of compliance with the Federal Information Security Management Act of 2014. The HHS Office of Inspector General report is based on an audit conducted…