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Posted on December 2, 2022 by chum1ng0

UY: Ministry of Transport and Public Works victim of ransomware attack Uruguay’s Ministry of Transport and Public Works (MTOP) was hit by a ransomware attack on October 17. On November 9, MTOP reported that it was back to normal after the ransomware attack, adding that it had recovered critical information and restored the affected services….

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Albanian IT Staff Charged With Negligence Over Cyberattack

Posted on December 1, 2022 by Dissent

AP reports: Albanian prosecutors on Wednesday asked for the house arrest of five public employees they blame for not protecting the country from a cyberattack by alleged Iranian hackers. Prosecutors said the five IT officials of the public administration department had failed to check the security of the system and update it with the most recent…

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Vanuatu officials turn to phone books and typewriters, one month after cyber attack

Posted on December 1, 2022 by Dissent

At the end of October, the tiny South Pacific archipelago of Vanuatu was hit by a cyberattack with devastating consequences. They officially acknowledged the incident as an attack on November 5. Now, almost a month later, they are still struggling to recover. Christopher Cottrell reports: One month after a cyber-attack brought down government servers and…

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Ca: Personal info of 5,000 Edmonton employees compromised in insider data breach

Posted on December 1, 2022 by Dissent

CTV reports: The city says staff were notified on Wednesday that employee information was the subject of a data breach last year. According to a written statement by Daryl Croft, branch manager of Open City and Technology (OCT), his branch discovered that records had been accessed by a former employee without authorization in May 2021….

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ICE accidentally released the identities of 6,252 immigrants who sought protection in the U.S.

Posted on November 30, 2022 by Dissent

Hamed Aleaziz reports: Immigration and Customs Enforcement accidentally posted the names, birthdates, nationalities and locations of more than 6,000 immigrants who claimed to be fleeing torture and persecution to its website on Monday. The unprecedented data dump could expose the immigrants — all of whom are currently in ICE custody — to retaliation from the…

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DOD Releases Path to Cyber Security Through Zero Trust Architecture

Posted on November 29, 2022 by Dissent

News from U.S. DoD: The Defense Department on Tuesday released its Zero Trust Strategy and Roadmap, which spells out how it plans to move beyond traditional network security methods to achieve reduced network attack surfaces, enable risk management and effective data-sharing in partnership environments, and contain and remediate adversary activities over the next five years. “Zero…

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