A new recruitment ad by the U.S. is attracting a lot of attention and comments. Interested in becoming a nation state hacker? We will develop your skills in offensive and defensive cyber operations. Defend. Attack. Exploit. https://t.co/GEVy0dS4qo pic.twitter.com/JZgTrDdIbW — U.S. Army Chief of Cyber (@ArmyChiefCyber) August 26, 2022 For those looking for some direction in…
Category: Government Sector
New Hampshire Lottery website experiences cyberattack
Tim Callery reports: New Hampshire Lottery officials warned of a cyberattack on its website on Friday. Officials said people visiting the site should not click on any pop-up messages. Read more at WMUR.
Montenegro reports massive Russian cyberattack against govt
Predrag Milic of AP reports: Montenegro’s security agency warned Friday that hackers from Russia have launched a massive, coordinated cyberattack against the small nation’s government and its services. The Agency for National Security, or ANB, said Montenegro is “under a hybrid war at the moment.” Read more at ABC.
Ca: Conservatives call for release of report on massive Afghan immigration data breach
Evan Dyer reports: The Conservative Party has written to Privacy Commissioner Philippe Dufresne asking him to speed up his investigation of a federal government data breach that exposed the identities of hundreds of Afghans seeking Canada’s help to escape from the Taliban in October 2021. Dufresne announced on November 15 of last year that his…
Pk: Tension within SECP escalates as it tries to downplay data breach
Umar Cheema reports: Sensitive data of the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has allegedly been stolen which has resulted in a tug of war between the chairman and the relevant commissioner. The latter claims she was kept in dark about the breach. The commissioner has now written to the finance minister for independent…
UK: Officials’ personal info published online by government lawyers in ‘regrettable’ data leak
Tevye Markson reports: The Government Legal Department has launched an investigation after a data leak in which the names of civil servants claiming expenses was published online. Documents showing officials’ names were published on GOV.UK accidentally and stayed up for a week. The dossier showed credit-card spend at the department of more than £500 between…