Matthew Van Dongen reports: The city says it “inadvertently” breached the privacy of 450 people by leaving names and personal email addresses visible in a mass email to Hamilton residents who registered to vote by mail in the looming election. Upset residents started posting online Thursday night about the screw-up, which the city acknowledged is a…
Category: Government Sector
New Mexico’s Cybersecurity Office Investigating Unauthorized Access To Information Systems At State Agency
The Department of Information Technology’s (DoIT) Cybersecurity office is investigating unauthorized access at the state’s Regulation and Licensing Department (RLD). The state continues to investigate the situation, but is confident that any unauthorized access has been isolated and mitigated. Read more at Los Alamos Daily Post.
Bits ‘n Pieces (Trozos y Piezas)
Es-CT: Update on Consorci Sanitari Integral Attack by RansomExx Last week, DataBreaches reported an attack on the Consorci Sanitari Integral (CSI) system of hospitals and health centers in Catalonia. Since then, RansomExx claimed responsibility for the attack and claims to have 54 GB of files that include DNI and medical information of patients and employees….
Australian police secret agents exposed in Colombian data leak by Guacamaya
For the past few weeks, @Chum1ng0 has been reporting on the Guacamaya hacktivists’ activities. They have already caused some consternation and problems in Mexico and Chile. Now there is an even more concerning aspect to the leaks. Bill Toulas reports: Identities of secret agents working for the Australian Federal Police (AFP) have been exposed after…
Public housing assistance tenants in Indianapolis fear eviction, compromised bank accounts after cyber attack
Russ McQuaid reports: Public housing residents, Section 8 tenants, landlords and vendors all fear the loss of sensitive personal and financial information and discontinued funding or support as a result of the hack of the Indianapolis Housing Agency’s information system last week by cyber thieves. [..] The personal information of approximately 25,000 IHA residents plus the…
N.L. Centre for Health Information AGM sidesteps cyberattack details, doesn’t allow live questions
Rob Antle reports: The agency in charge of safeguarding health information in Newfoundland and Labrador held its first annual general meeting since last fall’s cyberattack, but there were no updates what happened or what’s since been done to protect patient data. The tightly scripted event — held on the Friday afternoon before a long holiday weekend,…