Kenny Kuhn reports: Multiple Louisiana state agencies are experiencing a statewide network outage which is causing issues at their field offices across the state. The network outage has crippled state agencies including The Louisiana Office of Motor Vehicles, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, the Department of Children and Family Services, and the Department…
Category: Government Sector
Ransomware Charges Unsealed Against Russian National in District of Columbia
WASHINGTON – An indictment was unsealed today in the District of Columbia charging a Russian national with participating in a global ransomware campaign which deployed ransomware variants against victims in the District of Columbia, the United States, and around the world. Mikhail Pavlovich Matveev, alleged to use the online monikers Wazawaka, m1x, Broriscelcin, and Uhodiransomwar,…
Illinois Data Breach Exposes Private Information of Medicaid, SNAP, and TANF Recipients
Country Herald reports: The Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services (HFS) and Department of Human Services (IDHS) have disclosed a data breach within the State of Illinois Application for Benefits Eligibility (ABE) system’s Manage My Case (MMC) portal. The ABE system is responsible for determining eligibility for State-funded medical benefits programs (Medicaid), the Supplemental…
Data of 237,000 US government employees breached
David Shepardson reports: The personal information of 237,000 current and former federal government employees has been exposed in a data breach at the U.S. Transportation Department (USDOT), sources briefed on the matter said on Friday. The breach hit systems for processing TRANServe transit benefits that reimburse government employees for some commuting costs. It was not…
Employee records exposed in Ambulance Victoria data breach
Anthony Anderson reports: Confidential employee information has been exposed in a data breach at Ambulance Victoria (AV). The data in question is the drug and alcohol tests of prospective graduate paramedics collected between May 2017 and October 2018. The documents had become accessible on Ambulance Victoria’s internal intranet. Read more at Herald Sun.
Japan’s ubiquitous convenience stores now serving up privacy breaches
Simon Sharwood reports: Japan’s minister for digital transformation and digital reform, Taro Kono, has apologized after a government app breached citizens’ privacy. The app is called the “Certificate Issuing Server” and, as explained by the municipal government of Kodaira City, allows residents to print documents such as certificates that prove they’ve paid taxes. Fujitsu Japan developed and…