There’s an update to a ransomware attack on Lansing Board of Water & Light that had been reported back in May. The Lansing State Journal reported this week: The Lansing Board of Water & Light paid a $25,000 ransom to unlock its internal communications systems after they were disabled by a cyberattack last spring, officials…
Category: Government Sector
Washington State Government Breached, Administrator Accounts Dumped Online
Lee Johnstone reports: Earlier today a hacker using the handle @CyberZeist announced a breach on the Washington state government website. Today’s breach was announced on twitter and posted to pastebin [link removed by DataBreaches.net], and it contained 59 administrator accounts with user email addresses, encrypted passwords and salts. Read more on CyberWarNews.info.
IN: Madison County pays ransom on advice of insurer
Well, this is interesting: a media report says that a county’s insurer advised them to pay a ransomware demand. Ken de la Bastide reports: On the advice of their insurance company Madison County officials are moving forward to pay the ransom demands by a unknown group that attacked the county’s computer system. Madison County was…
MI: Confidential information put at risk, state auditors say
Justin A. Hinkley reports: The state did not properly secure certain confidential records that included Social Security numbers, tax information and personal health information, state auditors reported Thursday. Auditors found no instances of a security breach at the state Department of Technology, Management & Budget’s Records Management Services, but found several issues that put Michiganders’ personal information…
Personal information for thousands of Colorado vets may have been compromised
KKTV reports: More than 2,100 Colorado veterans may have had their personal information compromised, the VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System (ECHCS) said Wednesday. At risk are the veterans’ names, the last four digits of their Social Security number and their diagnoses. According to the ECHCS, the information may have been compromised when a VA…
Ottawa city staff scramble after accidentally releasing retirees’ medical information
Susan Sherring reports: The City of Ottawa has been left scrambling after committing a serious breach privacy in releasing to a reporter the names and some personal and medical information of about a dozen city retirees. Worse yet, the city didn’t realize the error until notified by this reporter. “Allow me to begin this response by…