NHK reports: The Shibuya Ward office in Tokyo has issued a formal apology after an apparent cyberattack disrupted public services on Wednesday. […] On Tuesday, an international hacker group calling themselves “Anonymous” posted on Twitter that “shibuya municipality closes homeless shelter so we close shibuya municipality website.” Read more at NHK.
Category: Government Sector
Los Angeles’ Housing Authority hit by LockBit – Claim
If folks in Los Angeles were upset about the ransomware incident involving the Los Angeles Unified School District, they might want to buckle up before reading this: It appears that LockBit 3.0 has managed to compromise and exfiltrate data from the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles (HACLA). Municipal housing authorities collect and…
OH: Security breach at software provider affects software in registrar’s office and other vendor clients (UPDATED)
UPJobNews reports: Lawyers, title company workers and citizens trying to register documents before the end of 2022 found they can’t for now thanks to a security breach affecting the Columbiana County Recorder’s office. No other Columbiana County offices or servers are affected. County Recorder Jim Armeni Sr. announced the issue Thursday, posted a note on…
Port of Lisbon website still down as LockBit gang claims cyberattack
Jonathan Greig reports: The website for the Port of Lisbon is still down days after officials confirmed it was the target of a cyberattack. The Port of Lisbon is Portugal’s busiest and one of the most used across all of Europe, handling 13,200,000 tonnes of cargo each year due to its strategic location between Europe…
Hackers say data of 3 crore people on sale, railways denies breach
TNN reports: Amid claims by a hackers’ forum that data of over three crore users of Indian Railways is on sale on the dark web, the railway ministry on Wednesday said that no such data breach happened in any of its systems or organisations. Read more at Times of India.
For sale on eBay: A military database of fingerprints and iris scans
Kashmir Hill, John Ismay, Christopher F. Schuetze, and Aaron Krolik report: The shoebox-shaped device, designed to capture fingerprints and perform iris scans, was listed on eBay for $149.95. A German security researcher, Matthias Marx, successfully offered $68, and when it arrived at his home in Hamburg in August, the rugged, hand-held machine contained more than…