Catalin Cimpanu reports: The Shadow Brokers have published a new message today, gloating about the damage caused by the NotPetya ransomware, and threatening to expose the real-life identity of an alleged NSA employee, who they say has been mocking the group on Twitter. In their message, the group also boasted about having “many many subscribers”…
Category: Government Sector
Officials: Nearly 200 children in region affected by data security breach
Ron Musselman reports: Approximately 1,800 children had their identities compromised in a data security breach, including 186 in the region, according to the County Commissioners Association of Pennsylvania. The breach was discovered in May 2017. […] Authorities said the information may have included personal identifiable information and personal health information. Read more on WJACTV.
UK: Government data site user details leak
BBC reports: The government digital service is to make users of its data.gov.uk website change their passwords, following a security breach. It said a database of usernames and email addresses had been discovered on a publicly accessible system during a routine security review. Read more on BBC.
PH: Poll documents found in school garbage heap
Non Alquitran reports: At least 60 envelopes containing election paraphernalia, including election returns and poll watchers’ identification cards for the Liberal Party (LP), were recovered by garbage collectors near a school in Mandaluyong City Wednesday, police said yesterday. “We are still in the process of investigating as to why the election documents ended up in…
Cyber-attack on parliament leaves MPs unable to access emails
The Guardian reports: Parliament has been hit by a “sustained and determined” cyber-attack by hackers attempting to gain access to MPs’ and their staffers’ email accounts. Both houses of parliament were targeted on Friday in an attack that sought to gain access to accounts protected by weak passwords. MPs said they were unable to access…
AU: Confidential child protection files on sale at Alice Springs tip shop
Jano Gibson reports: Dozens of confidential documents, including a child protection investigation and a child death file, have been found at the Alice Springs tip shop, in a major privacy breach involving the Northern Territory Families department. The files relate to 33 clients and staff members of Territory Families dating back to 2009. They were…