Mitchell Black reports: A Hendersonville cybersecurity incident has put city employees’ data at risk. The incident occurred just before the Thanksgiving break, according to a Nov. 29 statement from City Manager John Connet. Connet said that a “threat actor group” targeted software used to manage city employee data. Hendersonville is working with the North Carolina…
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Some city data was stolen during cyber breach; full scope remains unknown, Long Beach says
Jason Ruiz reports: Long Beach officials said Wednesday that some city data was stolen during a cybersecurity breach it detected earlier this month, but, officials said, it could be weeks or months before a clear picture emerges of what exactly was taken. The city said it does not currently know what type of data was taken…
Japan space agency hit with cyberattack, rocket and satellite info not accessed
Reuters reports: Japan’s space agency was hit with a cyberattack but the information the hackers accessed did not include anything important for rocket and satellite operations, a spokesperson said on Wednesday. “There was a possibility of unauthorised access by exploiting the vulnerability of network equipment,” the spokesperson at Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) said, declining…
North Texas Municipal Water District hit by ransomware attack
The Municipal Water Authority of Aliquippa in Pennsylvania recently reported a cyberattack that appeared to be by an Iranian-backed group, “Cyber Av3ngers” that shut down technology involved in the drinking water supply to Raccoon and Potter townships. But Aliquippa wasn’t the only water authority to recently experience a cyberattack. The Daixin ransomware team added the…
Europe’s grid is under a cyberattack deluge, industry warns
Politico reports: Thousands of cyberattacks have inundated Europe’s energy grid since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and a top industry leader is calling for help as officials and researchers fret that not nearly enough is being done. “The crooks are becoming better by the day, so we need to become better by the day,” Leonhard Birnbaum,…
Municipal Water Authority of Aliquippa hacked by Iranian-backed cyber group
Erika Stanish reports: The Municipal Water Authority of Aliquippa said on Saturday that one of their booster stations had been hacked by an Iranian-backed cyber group. Matthew Mottes, the chairman of the board of directors for the Municipal Water Authority of Aliquippa, confirmed to KDKA-TV that the cyber group, known as Cyber Av3ngers, took control…