Cameron Burnett reports: Court systems throughout Kansas, including Sedgwick County, will likely be operating on paper for the next two weeks, at the minimum. Kansas Judge Phil Journey says it looks like there has been an “unauthorized incursion” into the brand-new statewide computer system and it will be down for at least two weeks, affecting all…
Category: Government Sector
Seattle Housing Authority allegedly compromised by ransomware gang
The NoEscape ransomware site claims to have successfully compromised the Seattle Housing Authority (SHA). In a post on their leak site, they claim to have encrypted the SHA’s main servers and exfiltrated 158 GB of data. ” we have 400,000 confidential files,” they claim, including, they write: Confidential Privacy Act Data! Confidential agreements and contracts,…
U.S. Navy Sailor Pleads Guilty to Transmitting Sensitive U.S. Military Information to Chinese Intelligence Officer
October 10, 2023 LOS ANGELES – A United States Navy service member pleaded guilty today to federal felony offenses and admitted he transmitted sensitive U.S. military information to an intelligence officer from the People’s Republic of China in exchange for bribery payments. Petty Officer Wenheng Zhao, 26, also known as Thomas Zhao, of Monterey Park, pleaded…
Philippine Statistics Authority cyberattack being probed
Ashley Erika O. Jose reports: The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) confirmed on Wednesday that it is now investigating another cyberattack, this time on the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA). Separately, the National Privacy Commission (NPC) said it received a breach notification from the PSA on Tuesday. Based on its initial assessment, the PSA…
Justice department wants to fight R5 million fine over ransomware attack in court
Myles Illidge reports: The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development (DoJ&CD) is taking the Information Regulator to court to appeal the R5 million fine the agency slapped it with after falling prey to a ransomware attack in 2021, TechCentral reports. Departmental spokesperson Steven Mahlangu reportedly said the court application was issued on 29 September 2023…
Citizen data leak: NID wing suspends access for suspected govt, pvt partner organisations
The national identity registration wing of the Election Commission [of Bangladesh] has suspended data access to a number of its government and private partner organisations over suspicions of leaking citizens’ data online, while putting all of its 174 service recipient organisations under watch. The wing’s Director General AKM Humayun Kabir informed reporters of the suspension…