Sean Gallagher reports: In the wake of the discovery of malware on the network of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), the National Archives and Records Administration discovered three desktop computers that had been infected with the same remote access malware. The malware was detected by the National Archives’ own intrusion detection system after receiving signature data…
Category: Government Sector
AU: ALP says PM may have aided ASIO breach
Once again, what’s exposed in the background of a news film may reveal sensitive information. AAP reports: ASIO chief Duncan Lewis briefed Mr Abbott and Justice Minister Michael Keenan on the spread of Islamic State in Iraq and Syria during a tour of ASIO’s new headquarters in Canberra on Wednesday. Shadow Justice Minister David Feeney…
Login creds for US agencies found scrawled on the web’s toilet walls
Alexander J. Martin reports: A threat intelligence report into the availability of login credentials for US government agencies has identified 47 agencies across 89 unique domains may be compromised. The findings resulted from an analysis of open source intelligence (OSint) from 17 paste sites, carried out between 4 November 2013 and 4 November 2014. Read…
Computer system that detected massive government data breach could itself be at ‘high risk,’ audit finds
Eric Yoder reports: The computer upgrade that federal officials tout as having detected — although not prevented — a massive breach of information on federal employees is itself at high risk of failure, according to a new internal audit. The independent inspector general’s office within the Office of Personnel Management is conducting a thorough review…
Indiana judge: Judge: Hackers accessed Clarksville social security numbers, other data (Update1)
WHAS-TV reports: Clarksville Town Court Judge James Guilfoyle told WHAS-TV Tuesday that computer hackers accessed records filled with names, birth dates, addresses and social security numbers. Investigators are still trying to figure out the scope of the data breach. Read more on WHAS. Update1: The updated information reads like a ransomware situation, but no ransom…
Even Behind Closed Doors, Senators Aren’t Getting Their OPM Hack Questions Answered
Kaveh Waddell reports: After weeks of revelations about cyberattacks that may have exposed the personal information of as many as 18 million federal workers, Katherine Archuleta, the director of the Office of Personnel Management, gave senators a classified briefing Tuesday to try to put lawmakers’ questions to rest. But senators from both sides of the…