Arab News reports: A national hacked more than 24 government websites Saturday morning in just two hours after those in charge of these websites ignored messages of a possible attack, said an online newspaper. Through his Twitter account, the hacker “Cyber of Emotion” said that after the government websites ignored his messages about a possible…
Category: Government Sector
Seek and ye shall find: North Dakota breach affecting state employees and volunteers bigger than originally realized
From the North Dakota Information Technology Department, yesterday: ITD has completed its investigation stemming from a cyber-attack that occurred on an ITD-hosted server earlier this summer. Upon identifying the attack, ITD immediately secured the server, locked down the data, and started an investigation. Since that time, the department has been working with federal and state…
UK: Prison laptop scandal: How the computers were hacked
Paul Peachey reports: The welcome screen on the prison laptop was simple to navigate. Prison officials clicked on the dog icon, inmates clicked on the cat. Clicking on the dog – and entering the password – allowed access to a section with administrator privileges and access to the internet. The cat was a gateway to…
Illinois Dept. of Corrections says personal data of at least 1,000 employees accidentally released in response to FOIA request
Leeann Shelton reports another privacy breach due to a response to a Freedom of Information request: More than 1,000 Social Security numbers belonging to Illinois Department of Corrections employees were inadvertently released in a response to a Freedom of Information Act request. The affected employees work at the Lawrence and Dixon correctional centers, Acting IDOC…
NV: Hacker breaks into city of Henderson computer server
Eric Hartley reports: A computer hacker broke into a city of Henderson web server and had access to data for nine days before being detected, officials said this week. The city said no personal or sensitive information was compromised, with the hacker only being able to see the raw versions of public data that are…
3 sentenced in ID theft/tax refund scheme started in Manatee County jail
The Bradenton Herald reports: A former parole worker at Manatee County jail and two other people have been sentenced to federal prison for their roles in a conspiracy to commit stolen identity refund fraud in Manatee between 2012-13. According to court documents, Marcus Lowe, 32, of Tampa worked for Manatee County Parole Services Division at…