Over on EmptyWheel, natsec journalist and blogger Marcy Wheeler writes, “In a motion to keep Jack Teixiera jailed, the government provided more details about what an unstable nut they gave access to the US’ most sensitive secrets.” Read Marcy’s post. Reading the logs from the perspective of someone who has blogged about insider threats and data…
Category: Government Sector
Ransomware attack reported in Spartanburg County, South Carolina
Spartanburg County in South Carolina is responding to a ransomware attack. The county told WYFF 4 News: “We recently detected and responded to a ransomware attack on our computer network. As soon as we learned this, we began working to investigate, to restore operations, and determine the effects of the incident. We are also working…
Cyberattack disrupts Lowell city government, shuts down computers
Louisa Moller reports: The city of Lowell is alerting residents to a cyberattack that impacted the municipality’s computer systems starting early on Monday. “We realized Monday morning around 3 to 5 a.m. that there was a breach,” said City Manager Tom Golden. Golden says that phones, emails and other city systems are down as a…
San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department shuts down internet systems following recent cyberattack
Rob McMillan reports: More than two weeks after the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department was hit with a cyberattack, the department is still working to get all of its systems back online. Multiple sources have told Eyewitness News that the hack likely started after someone clicked a hyperlink that was malicious, and that suddenly encrypted…
D.C. Health Exchange Needs Broker Identity Theft Posse
Allison Bell reports: The builders of the Affordable Care Act health insurance exchange system once wondered whether agents and brokers would have a role in the health insurance market. Now, the managers of the ACA public exchange for the District of Columbia are turning to brokers to help persuade more users to protect themselves against the effects of…
Bits ‘n Pieces (Trozos y Piezas)
Cementos Bío-Bío S.A attacked by BlackByte Cementos Bio-Bio S.A, a Chilean cement company, was added to BlackBye’s leaks site on April 9. DataBreaches found no notice of any incident on the main cbb.cl website, but the cbbexpress.cl customer portal had a notice about interruptions: “At this time we are having intermittencies with our services. If…