In 2016, I reported on a leak involving a Mexican voter registration database with details on 93.4 million Mexican voters. The list had been in the possession and control of one of the political parties there, Movimiento Ciudadano, who tried to claim that they were hacked by none other than Chris Vickery, who had discovered their…
Category: Government Sector
Atlanta city government systems down due to ransomware attack [Updated]
Sean Gallagher reports: The city of Atlanta government has apparently become the victim of a ransomware attack. The city’s official Twitter account announced that the city government “is currently experiencing outages on various customer facing applications, including some that customers may use to pay bills or access court-related information.” According to a report from Atlanta…
UK: Wigan council’s data breach shock
Rachel Howarth reports: Wigan Council has experienced more than 80 data breaches in the past two years, concerning figures have revealed. A recent Freedom of Information request has highlighted an alarming number of incidents in which sensitive, confidential or otherwise protected information has been accessed or disclosed “in an unauthorised fashion.” Read more on…
Town of Oswego – Financial Condition and Information Technology Audit
The NYS Comptroller’s Office has released another audit: Town of Oswego – Financial Condition and Information Technology (2017M-290). From their summary: Purpose of Audit The purpose of our audit was to determine whether the Board adopted realistic budgets that were structurally balanced, whether officials adequately monitored the Town’s financial operations and whether the Board adopted adequate…
The Dutch Data Protection Authority accidentally leaked its employees’ data
MIX reports: Oh, sweet irony: the Dutch Data Protection Authority – where registered companies are required to report breaches in data – has accidentally leaked the names of some of its employees in over 800 public documents, local outlet NU.nl reports. The discovery comes from Dutch cybersecurity firm NFIR. Pauline Gras from the Dutch Data…
Queensland Department of Transport breached by hackers in December
Josh Bavas reports: Overseas hackers breached the Queensland Transport Department’s security network last year, before attempting to steal information from staff members from other sections of government. The cyber breach occurred in December, according to details obtained by ABC News under a Right to Information request. The Department of Transport and Main Roads holds information…