Well, from reading news coverage, I knew this was coming, but here’s the official announcement: ACTIVEOutdoors, the vendor involved in the hack of several states’ hunting and fishing license sites, will be offering two years of credit monitoring services to people in three states. Here is their announcement: ACTIVEOutdoors announced today that on August 22, 2016, it became…
Category: Government Sector
SC: Data breach in Oconee Co. causes employee pay issues
WSPA reports: 230 Oconee County employees did not get money deposited into their bank accounts after a data breach involving the payroll service the county uses. The Sheriff’s Office says they do not have an exact dollar amount from the breach but they are working with SLED and the FBI to investigate. The county is…
Lauri Love to be extradited to the US to face hacking charges, court rules (Update1)
I will have more on this case and ruling, but wanted to get the breaking news out. Jennifer Baker reports: Briton Lauri Love will be extradited to the US to face charges of hacking, Westminster Magistrates’ Court ruled on Friday. Love faces up to 99 years in prison in the US on charges of hacking as part…
WA: Hacker tries to ransom housing authority data
A hacker gained access to Bremerton Housing Authority’s website this week and threatened to release client information unless the agency paid a $4,000 ransom. The housing authority won’t negotiate with the cyber terrorist, Executive Director Kurt Wiest said. According to Wiest, the only information compromised in the attack was a database of about 1,100 client…
OH: City says it wasn’t hacked by group
Kevin Grasha reports: City officials Wednesday rejected an alleged computer hacker group’s claim that they had obtained email passwords for more than 280 City of Cincinnati email accounts, including Mayor John Cranley’s. In a memo to Cranley and city council members, City Manager Harry Black said information technology officials are continuing to monitor and guard against hack attempts involving the…
Challenger Podlodowski discovers open door into state’s voter database
Joel Connelly reports: A yawning back-end pathway into the state’s voter registration database, through which private information could have been accessed, has been closed, thanks to the candidate challenging Secretary of State Kim Wyman. “Anyone with basic programming skills and knowledge about these weaknesses could conceivably (access) this data, look up and harvest private data…