Add this to any list of things requiring an apology? Ross Hawkins reports: The Home Office has apologised to hundreds of EU citizens seeking settled status in the UK after accidentally sharing their details. It blamed an “administrative error” for sending an email that revealed 240 personal email addresses – a likely breach of the…
Category: Government Sector
NC: Greenville officials: City’s network infected with ransomware virus
Greenville officials have determined the City’s network has become infected with a ransomware virus. Read more on WNCT
Hacker breached Minnesota state agency e-mail, placing data of 11,000 at risk
Chris Serres reports: A data breach last year at the state agency that oversees Minnesota’s health and welfare programs may have exposed the personal information of approximately 11,000 individuals. The state Department of Human Services (DHS) notified lawmakers Tuesday that an employee’s e-mail account was compromised as a result of a cyberattack on or about…
AU: ASD confirms data stolen in Parliament IT breach
Justin Hendry reports: Australian Signals Directorate chief Mike Burgess has confirmed data was stolen by a state-sponsored actor during February’s malicious attack against Parliament House. In what appears to be the first public admission of the data exfiltration, Burgess told senate estimates last week that a limited amount of non-confidential data had made its way…
Hacker Claims They Breached Israel’s Voter Registry Three Days Before Election
Refaella Goichman reports: A hacker claimed Saturday evening that they broke into Israel’s voter registry and stole information on six million Israelis, only three days before Tuesday’s Knesset election. The hacker, known as DarkCoder, tweeted that as part of the annual OpIsrael cyberattack against Israel’s digital infrastructure, they have successfully hacked the voter database. But…
Still not fixed: Ransomware attack in Genesee County will hamper some county business again Monday
ABC12 reports that Genesee County has not fully restored functionality following a ransomware attack. The county is now saying business will not return to normal by Monday like they had hoped. The county has made progress since discovering the attack Tuesday. At least now e-mail services have been restored, but now the county says because…