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…
Category: Government Sector
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…
Rockaway Twp. police computer hacker still unknown; leaders want answers
Gene Myers reports that not only does the township not have answers, they are fighting and resigning over who is being included in the security investigation: No new information has been released two weeks after the Thanksgiving Day cyber attack against the police department’s computer system.The lack of answers has angered township leaders who accused the…
New Zealand Privacy Commissioner releases annual report
Stuff reports on a case in New Zealand that was cited in a newly-released annual report by the Privacy Commissioner. Disturbingly, the unnamed government agency not only did not set a great example for data protection, but they demonstrated less than admirable response to the incident of insider-wrongdoing that harmed a member of the public….