Dhruv Mehrotra reports: Last September, law enforcement agents from five counties in Southern California coordinated an operation to investigate, raid, and arrest more than 600 suspected sex offenders. The mission, Operation Protect the Innocent, was one of the largest such raids in years, involving over 64 agencies. According to the Los Angeles Police Department, it was coordinated…
Category: Government Sector
A government watchdog spent $15,000 to crack a federal agency’s passwords in minutes
Zack Whittaker reports: A government watchdog has published a scathing rebuke of the Department of the Interior’s cybersecurity posture, finding it was able to crack thousands of employee user accounts because the department’s security policies allow easily guessable passwords like ‘Password1234’. The report by the Office of the Inspector General for the Department of the Interior, tasked with oversight…
Maryland State Trooper leaked information to drug distributor, affidavit alleges
Troy Pope reports: A Maryland State Trooper was arrested after investigators say he tipped off a drug distributor, taking money for the information. The trooper has been identified as Justin Riggs, a 10-year veteran of the Maryland State Troopers. Read more at WUSA9, keeping in mind that people are innocent until proven guilty.
AU: VIC fire service employees’ hacked details not on dark web. Update: Yet?
Rachel Ward reports: Victoria’s fire service has reassured employees their personal details have not been posted to the dark web after the organisation was hit by a cyber attack. Fire Rescue Victoria’s IT systems, including dispatch, phones and email, were affected when online criminals hacked the service in December. Read more at Kalgoorlie Miner. Update…
Jp: Shibuya officials apologize for disrupted services after apparent cyberattack
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.
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…