The Australian Associated Press reports: Labor’s social services spokesperson Linda Burney has criticised the Coalition for its “mismanagement” of a remote community employment program after Centrelink clients had their details published to a public Facebook page. Dozens of names of those required to attend client meetings were uploaded by a Northern Territory work-for-the-dole provider in…
Category: Government Sector
Terminated firefighter enters plea in stolen data case
Walt Buteau reports: A terminated veteran East Greenwich firefighter pleaded no contest in a case involving missing data used to repair and maintain the emergency alarm system that protects town-owned buildings and commercial property, the Target 12 Investigators have learned. Robert Warner, 43, of Warwick, entered the plea in Kent County Court on Tuesday to…
Embassies targeted by hackers with bogus State Dept. spreadsheet: Report
Andrew Blake reports: Embassies in Europe have wound up on the receiving end of an ongoing hacking campaign with roots in Russia, a multinational cybersecurity firm warned Monday. Researchers at Check Point reported becoming aware of a weaponized spreadsheet being emailed to targets described as “government finance authorities and representatives in several embassies in Europe.”…
In: Files feared stolen from GST Intel records room
Wow. As far as a physical security FAIL goes, this is a contender. The Ahmedabad Mirror reports: Officials of the Directorate General of GST Intelligence (DGGI) in Gujarat on Sunday lodged a complaint of theft of record files from their storage unit in Ahmedabad. The DGGI storage unit is housed in an old and decrepit…
FL: Stuart’s city hall ransomware attack “more than likely” caused by phishing email scam
Melissa E. Holsman reports: The city is still recovering from an April 13 ransomware virus attack that most likely came from a phishing email scam on an employee’s desktop computer, the city manager said Monday. A computer virus dubbed Ryuk attacked the city’s servers in a ransomware demand that City Manager David Dyess said forced…
ME: City of Augusta hit by computer virus, City Center closed
Keith Edwards reports: A malicious computer virus that hit the city overnight and froze the city’s computer network forced the closure of Augusta City Center Thursday. The virus, which officials said was intentionally inflicted upon the city’s servers, also shut down computers used by public safety dispatchers — but not the city’s phone system or…