Dan Martin reports: A council has apologised after publishing residents’ personal details online by mistake. Officials at Charnwood Borough Council failed to remove from a document names, addresses, phone numbers and email addresses of people who responded to a survey on levels of council tax to be levied on empty homes before uploading it to…
Category: Government Sector
Crippling ransomware attacks targeting US cities on the rise
Kevin Collier reports: Targeted ransomware attacks on local US government entities — cities, police stations and schools — are on the rise, costing localities millions as some pay off the perpetrators in an effort to untangle themselves and restore vital systems. The tally by cybersecurity firm Recorded Future — one of the first efforts to…
Utah picked a tech company for its medical cannabis program that has a history of glitches and hacks. But it’s cheap.
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,…
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…