There’s what appears to be the final chapter in a case that was first reported in April, 2016. A contractor, Mittesh Das, who was convicted in September, 2017 for sabotaging an army program, was sentenced to two years in federal prison. Here’s the DOJ’s press release of September 11: GREENVILLE – The United States Attorney…
Category: Government Sector
Oklahoma man charged, accused of hacking into Guthrie Police Department’s computer system
Patrina Adger reports: A man has been charged and arrested after authorities said he hacked into the Guthrie Police Department’s confidential computer system. On Sept. 7, police obtained a warrant to search 19-year-old Jared Joslin’s home, where officers discovered several police radios and handheld devices that were stolen from the Logan County Sheriff’s Office within…
Click2Gov Update: ICYMI Here’s The Latest
RBS is doing a great job of tracking the Click2Gov breaches. In their most recent update, they report: It’s been three months since our original post was published and as feared, breaches of the Click2Gov system continue to be reported. Here is what we’ve learned: Attackers are exploiting an unpatched vulnerability in Oracle’s WebLogic. Early…
Securus Technologies-owned GovPayNow.com Leaks 14M+ Records
Brian Krebs reports: Government Payment Service Inc. — a company used by thousands of U.S. state and local governments to accept online payments for everything from traffic citations and licensing fees to bail payments and court-ordered fines — has leaked more than 14 million customer records dating back at least six years, including names, addresses, phone…
Virus shuts down city services in Beatrice, Nebraska
Scott Koperski reports: A virus shut down many city operations this week, including phone and internet services for several departments. City Administrator Tobias Tempelmeyer said city departments lost phone and internet service in the downtown area, including city hall, the Beatrice Police Department and city auditorium, which houses Beatrice Fire and Rescue. […] It’s believed…
State Department email breach exposed employees’ personal information
Eric Geller and Nahal Toosi report: The State Department recently suffered a breach of its unclassified email system, and the compromise exposed the personal information of a small number of employees, according to a notice sent to the agency’s workforce. State described the incident as “activity of concern … affecting less than 1% of employee…