Rick Pearson reports: Ilinois State Board of Elections officials said Monday they believe personal information from fewer than 200,000 voters was hacked through a cyber attack of possible foreign origin that began in June and was halted a month later. Ken Menzel, general counsel for the elections board, said no files of registered voters were…
Category: Government Sector
Sri Lankan President’s website defaced twice within two days
From the-kids-are-trying-get-your-attention dept., ANI reports: Hackers tampered with Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena’s official website ‘www.president.gov.lk’ on two consecutive days. The first attack occurred on Thursday evening, when hackers hijacked the site and posted a message in Sinhala, reports the Lanka Page. The message, which was posted under the name “The Sri Lankan Youth,” made…
Hacker targets remote northern Alberta communities
Zoe Todd reports: A northern Alberta municipality is in emergency mode after a suspected computer hack. The Municipal District of the Opportunity No. 17 is concerned all its files were accessed, including personal and financial information, according to a public notice released by the municipality. Administrative staff say they first became aware of “suspicious activity” in July. Last Friday, the activity…
AU: Foster care privacy breaches span more than a decade
Beau Donelly reports: Victoria’s child-protection agency has been breaching the privacy of traumatised children and foster carers across the state for more than a decade and quietly paying them off or upgrading security at their homes if they find out about it. Fairfax Media last month exposed a series of major security breachesout of the Department…
UK: Four arrests after private details of vulnerable residents are ‘stolen’ from Camden Council
Richard Osley reports: Four people have been arrested after the private details of some of Camden’s most vulnerable residents were “stolen” from Town Hall computer systems – raising fears that personal information has already been passed to cold-call scammers, the New Journal has learned. Detectives were called in by Camden Council after the names, dates of birth and addresses…
Dozens of security breaches by Australian Defence Force
Bryan Seymour reports: There have been 60 serious security breaches across the Australian Defence Force, including three-dimensional maps of secure Australian army bases being sent to overseas suppliers in unsecure emails. Documents, obtained by 7 News, found inappropriate access was given to staff, sensitive defence details were discussed at a coffee shop and casual employees…