Leo Udtohan reports that some Chinese hackers appear to be sore losers, defacing at least two local government units of the Philippines, Panglao and Loon, following China’s loss in a maritime arbitration case. A screenshot of the defaced websites shows a Guy Fawkes mask, typical of “Anonymous” activities, with the words: Nobody can give you freedom Nobody can give…
Category: Government Sector
Suspected Right Sector Hackers Breach Polish Ministry, Demand $50,000
Sputnik News reports: A group of hackers, who portray themselves as members of the Right Sector, an Ukrainian nationalist organization, outlawed in Russia, carried out a cyberattack on the Polish Defense Ministry database and demanded Warsaw to pay $50,000 for the database not to be made public, local media reported on Thursday citing Twitter account of the group. According to Gazeta Wyborcza, the hackers had released a…
Alabama website breach revealed personal data of some state retirees
Mike Cason reports: A Mobile woman who was helping her parents with their state health insurance coverage saw names, dependent’s names, dates of birth and Social Security numbers of other insurance program members on the system’s website. Amanda Murdick said when she opened a portal for members on the website of the Public Education Employees’…
MT: State health employees fired after giving data to lawmakers
AP reports: Montana health officials have fired two employees for providing the Social Security numbers and other personal information of 185 childcare providers to three state legislators. The Associated Press obtained copies of letters mailed to the Republican lawmakers from Department of Public Health and Human Services director Richard Opper asking them to destroy the…
Chinese businessman gets nearly 4 years in prison for US hacking case
Updating a case originally reported in March. Steven Musil reports: A Chinese businessman has been sentenced to nearly four years in prison for conspiring to hack the computer systems of Boeing and other US defense contractors to steal military technical data. Su Bin, a Chinese national and the owner of a Chinese aviation technology company, was sentenced…
US govt bank insurer ‘covered up China hack to protect top boss’
Shaun Nichols reports: The US Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation – a government agency tasked with safeguarding citizens’ bank accounts – deliberately covered up a cyberattack by China to protect its incoming chairman. This is according to a damning report from Republican members of the US House Committee on Science, Space and Technology, who slammed the bank…