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Wisconsin Department of Health Services notifying some Medicaid members of breach

Posted on October 8, 2022 by Dissent

The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) today announced that on August 8, 2022, as part of a cybersecurity incident investigation, DHS was notified that a presentation emailed to the DHS Children’s Long-Term Support Council in April 2021 contained protected health information. This presentation was forwarded to employees working for county government agencies in Rock…

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UK: Home Office warned after sensitive documents left at London venue

Posted on October 8, 2022 by Dissent

The ICO has issued a formal reprimand to the Home Office, after sensitive documents were found at a public London venue. The documents, which were handed by venue staff to police in September 2021, included two Extremism Analysis Unit Home Office reports and a Counter Terrorism Policing report. The reports contained personal data, including that of…

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Bits ‘n Pieces (Trozos y Piezas)

Posted on October 7, 2022 by chum1ng0

Gt: Update on VSOP attack on Guatemala’s foreign ministry Last week, DataBreaches reported that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Guatemala was a victim of a VSOP attack. The government confirmed an attack on October 5. Services have been restored: Currently, the services are working, which has allowed us to provide uninterrupted attention to all…

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Cyberattack on Colorado state website follows Russian hacktivist threat

Posted on October 7, 2022 by Dissent

Kevin Collier reports: Colorado state officials said the government’s website was taken offline Wednesday, the result of an apparent cyberattack that came shortly after a known Russia-based hacker group posted on Telegram that it would be targeting U.S. state websites. Colorado’s website was rendered inaccessible for much of the day Wednesday, and its portal page…

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City of Tucson discloses data breach affecting over 125,000 people

Posted on October 5, 2022 by Dissent

Sergiu Gatlan reports: The City of Tucson, Arizona, has disclosed a data breach affecting the personal information of more than 125,000 individuals. As revealed in a notice of data breach sent to affected people, an attacker breached the city’s network and exfiltrated an undisclosed number of files containing sensitive information. Read more at Bleeping Computer.

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Russian-speaking hackers knock US state government websites offline

Posted on October 5, 2022 by Dissent

Sean Lyngaas reports: Russian-speaking hackers on Wednesday claimed responsibility for knocking offline state government websites in Colorado, Kentucky and Mississippi, among other states — the latest example of apparent politically motivated hacking following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The Kentucky Board of Elections’ website, which posts information on how to register to vote, was also temporarily offline…

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