That’s a pretty bold headline from the Salt Lake Tribune, isn’t it? Bethany Rodgers reports: Utah is preparing to strike a deal with a Denver-based software company to build the digital backbone of the state’s emerging medical cannabis program, despite the business’ problems with outages, crashes and hacks in other states. The vendor, MJ Freeway,…
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UK: More than 2,000 motorists had private info exposed by DVLA after driving licences and passports were sent to the WRONG addresses
Dan Elsom reports: MORE than 2,000 drivers had confidential details exposed by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency after important documents were sent to the wrong addresses. The DVLA reported 439 data breaches over a 10-month period, according to a BBC Freedom of Information investigation. Read more on The Sun.
For Second Time in a Year, Baltimore Hit With Ransomware
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…
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…