Sergiu Gatlan reports: According to the Ministry’s public statement, the hackers managed to get their hands on the names, phone numbers, and email addresses of all people who had an account on the French Ariane emergency contact database. The platform is used by the French Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs to allow citizens traveling abroad to…
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Breaches have consequences: Finnish trafi safety boss resigns over privacy breach
YLE reports: The head of the Finnish Transport Safety Agency Mia Nykopp has resigned after a privacy breach that allowed details about every driver in the country to be easily accessible online. […] Since July it has been possible to view details of every driver’s license online, and to check if they have a valid license. Trafi shut…
It is with a heavy heart that we must inform you hackers are targeting ‘nuclear, defense, energy, financial’ biz
Shaun Nichols reports: Hackers are targetting critical infrastructure providers, including nuclear power and defense agencies, in what may be a state-sponsored attack that’s hiding behind North Korean code. Discovered by McAfee and dubbed “Sharpshooter”, the operation has been running since November, largely focusing on US-based or English-speaking companies and agencies around the world with an emphasis…
MN: About 500 impacted in Ramsey County Social Services data breach
Bisi Onile-Ere reports: A cyber attack on the Ramsey County Social Services may have comprised hundreds of clients’ private health information. In August, hackers gained access to the accounts of 28 employees in an attempt to divert their paychecks. “At Ramsey County this is the first time that we experienced something like this,” said John…
Computer with data on 20,000 people stolen in Denmark
Confidential data on 20,000 residents in Gladsaxe, a municipality in central Zealand, were saved locally on a computer stolen that was recently stolen from the town’s city hall. The computer was stolen during a break-in between during the weekend of November 30th to December 3rd, Politiken reports. Information stored on the machine includes personal registration numbers, age, gender,…
Another Click2Gov breach? Why is this still happening?
Hays Post reports: Authorities are investigating a data breach that may have affected hundreds of customers in Kansas. On Friday, the City of Topeka was notified by their Utility Billing Payment System software vendor Central Square that the city had been a potential victim cyber-attack, according to a media release. This potential data breach has…