AP reports: Southern California’s San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department said it experienced a “network disruption” to its electronic systems last week and has referred the problem to the FBI and Department of Homeland Security. The sheriff’s department said the problem occurred Friday, but officials declined to explain what the disruption entailed. The disruption has not…
Category: Government Sector
New Batch of Classified Documents Appear on Social Media Sites
DNYUZ reports: A new batch of classified documents that appear to detail American national security secrets from Ukraine to the Middle East to China surfaced on social media sites on Friday, alarming the Pentagon and adding turmoil to a situation that seemed to have caught the Biden administration off guard. The scale of the leak…
Ransomware Attack at NJ County Police Department Locks Up Criminal Investigative Files
Jonathan Dienst reports: The Camden County Police Department experienced a ransomware attack that has been locking many criminal investigative files and day-to-day internal administration abilities, several law enforcement officials said. Investigators said the attack started in the middle of March and technicians continue working to try to get all systems back up and running. Read more at NBC.
Oakland remains behind an 8-ball in responding to ransomware attack
Sarah Ravani reports: Oakland’s police union filed a claim against the city after a ransomware attack released personal information for thousands of current and former city employees, union officials said Monday. The legal filing, which asks for monetary damages of up to $25,000 per affected employee, argues that the city failed to implement “reasonable, industry-standard…
UK criminal records office confirms cyber incident behind portal issues
Sergiu Gatlan reports: The UK’s Criminal Records Office (ACRO) has finally confirmed, after weeks of delaying issuing a statement, that online portal issues experienced since January 17 resulted from what it described as a “cyber security incident.” ACRO is the country’s national law enforcement organization responsible for managing criminal record information, providing criminal records on…
Service NSW breach exposes personal data affecting thousands of customers
7News reports: The personal information of Service NSW customers has been exposed to other logged-in individuals during a privacy incident, the agency says. An update released to the “My services” dashboard on March 20 resulted in the data breach, Service NSW chief executive officer Greg Wells said in an email to affected customers shared with AAP on…