The Council of Granada is a public entity providing direct services to citizens as well as technical, economic, and technological support to the city councils of the municipalities of the province of Granada, Spain. On December 29, 2022, the group known as “GhostSec” listed a Granada Council database at dipgra.es for sale, claiming they had…
Category: Government Sector
City of Modesto to notify people whose people information was accessed in last month’s ransomware attack
The Modesto Police Department is now acknowledging that a ransomware incident in early February might have exposed some people to the risk of identity theft. KCRA reports: On Thursday, the city said that it has been responding to a ransomware attack since last month and that a “limited amount” of the personal information of some…
Bits ‘n Pieces (Trozos y Piezas)
ES: Stormous claims attack on Zurcal The Zurcal group, which belongs to the energy saving and efficiency sector, has been named by Stormous Ransomware in its Telegram channel. The attack was posted on February 24 with images showing invoices and plans. Stormous gave the victim one week to respond. In a subsequent post, Stormous added…
Oakland continues to work on recovery from ransomware attack; Play claims responsibility
As the City of Oakland continues to work to recover from a ransomware attack that began on February 8 and that resulted in the city declaring a state of emergency on February 14, the Play ransomware group has claimed responsibility for the attack. Play does not indicate how much data they acquired, but threaten to…
Texas waited two months to start informing 3,000 people that crooks copied their driver’s licenses. DPS explains why.
Jasper Scherer reports: After discovering in December that an organized crime group had obtained thousands of replacement Texas driver licenses, state public safety officials waited more than two months to publicly reveal the breach and start notifying those swept up in the operation. The criminal effort, disclosed to lawmakers Monday by Texas Department of Public Safety Director…
U.S. Marshals Service suffers ransomware breach that compromises sensitive information, senior law enforcement officials say
Andrew Blankstein, Michael Kosnar, Jonathan Dienst, and Tom Winter report: The U.S. Marshals Service suffered a security breach over a week ago that compromises sensitive information, multiple senior U.S. law enforcement officials said Monday. In a statement Monday, U.S. Marshals Service spokesperson Drew Wade acknowledged the breach, telling NBC News: “The affected system contains law enforcement sensitive information, including returns from…