The Norwegian Government Security and Service Organisation (DSS) has detected a cyber-attack on the ICT platform used by 12 ministries. The matter is currently being investigated by the police. “We are taking this incident very seriously. The Norwegian Government Security and Service Organisation (DSS) is cooperating closely with the National Security Authority (NSM) and the…
Category: Government Sector
‘It feels like a digital hurricane’: Coastal Mississippi county recovering from ransomware attack
Jonathan Greig reports: A coastal Mississippi county is in the process of recovering from a wide-ranging ransomware attack that took down nearly all of the government’s in-office computers. Nestled right along the border with Alabama, George County is the quiet home to more than 25,000 people. But the local government was thrown into chaos this…
Microsoft to Offer Some Cybersecurity Tools Free After Suspected China Hack
Dustin Volz and Robert McMillan report: Microsoft said it plans to offer free some tools that can spot cyberattacks following last week’s disclosure of a major security breach linked to Chinese hackers that was undetectable for some customers. The decision to open up access to its back-end systems that log activity on the cloud came after Microsoft’s tiered…
CalPERS CEO gives update on data hack that exposed Social Security numbers, birth dates
Maya Miller reports an update by California Public Employee and Retirement System on the MOVEit breach by their vendor, PBI Research/Berwyn Group: In the Monday update, Frost said CalPERS has received nearly 4,000 calls about the breach at its own customer contact center. The average wait time is one minute, she said. Retirees can also…
TX: City of Odessa dealing with data breach
Micah Allen reports: According to the City of Odessa, mayor Joven was advised that the city dealt with a serious data breach. It was discovered that accounts assigned to a terminated high-ranking employee have been recently accessed, and sensitive information was transferred. Read more at CBS7, who will be reporting more on this story later…
UK: ‘Just a slap on the wrist’ for Gloucester council data breach which saw people’s data fall into hands of criminals
Carmelo Garcia reports: After months of chaos which saw data fall into the hands of cyber criminals from Russia who hacked into Gloucester City Council, the authority will “just get a slap on the wrist”. The authority was targeted by hackers in late 2021 and public services across Gloucester were severely disrupted during the following year. The…