Catalin Cimpanu reports: An unidentified hacker has breached Bycyklen —Copenhagen’s city bikes network— and deleted the organization’s entire database, disabling the public’s access to bicycles over the weekend. The hack took place on the night between Friday, May 4, and Saturday, May 5, the organization said on its website. Bycyklen described the hack as “rather…
Category: Government Sector
Protection of Patient Health Information at Navy and Air Force Military Treatment Facilities
Audit: DODIG-2018-109 (pdf) From the audit’s findings: Officials from the DHA, Navy, and Air Force did not consistently implement security protocols to protect systems that stored, processed, and transmitted EHRs and PHI at the locations tested. Specifically, we identified issues at the Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton; San Diego Naval Medical Center; USNS Mercy; 436th Medical…
Halifax police won’t charge teen arrested in Nova Scotia privacy breach
CBC News reports: Halifax Regional Police say they won’t be charging a 19-year-old man arrested last month for downloading files from Nova Scotia’s freedom-of-information portal. Spokesperson Neera Ritcey said in an email Monday that after a thorough investigation, police determined there were no grounds to lay a charge of unauthorized use of a computer against the teen….
Greek, Turkish hackers trade retaliatory cyberattacks amid worsened relations
DW reports: The Greek Foreign Ministry’s reaction on Thursday appeared almost routine: “Cyberattacks are being neutralized immediately by the responsible authorities. At no time has the Ministry’s website been disabled,” the terse message said. What had happened? The day before, the Turkish hacker group Akincilar (“Invaders”) had targeted the foreign ministry’s website, as well as publishing…
City Of Tulsa Systems Hacked
NewsOn6 reports: The City of Tulsa confirms computer hackers broke into several City controlled accounts but says it appears there have been no effects on city systems. According to city officials, six “cloud-based” systems were compromised but they were immediately disabled. Mayor G.T. Bynum says this is not the first time something like this has…
Man who hacked Washtenaw County computers gets 7 years in prison
Detroit Free Press reports the follow-up to a story originally reported in December: A man who hijacked Washtenaw County’s computer system and even altered jail records has been sentenced to seven years in federal prison. Prosecutors say Konrads Voits has “extraordinary talents,” but he used them to “spend countless hours” trying to hack into local…