MalaysiaKini reports: Transparency International Malaysia (TI-M) has expressed deep concern over the recurring pattern of data leaks from Malaysian government agencies that are empowered and entrusted with personal data. “Media reports last week revealed that data from the voting portal MySPR was publicly on sale on the internet. It was also reported that the caretaker…
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US govt: Iranian hackers breached federal agency using Log4Shell exploit
Sergiu Gatlan reports: The FBI and CISA revealed in a joint advisory published today that an unnamed Iranian-backed threat group hacked a Federal Civilian Executive Branch (FCEB) organization to deploy XMRig cryptomining malware. The attackers compromised the federal network after hacking into an unpatched VMware Horizon server using an exploit targeting the Log4Shell (CVE-2021-44228) remote code execution…
TX: Dallas Central Appraisal District Systems Still Down a Week After Ransomware Attack
Jacob Vaughn reports: The website, servers and email for the Dallas Central Appraisal District, or DCAD, have been inaccessible after the entire system was attacked by hackers last week. DCAD, which appraises Dallas County properties for tax purposes, announced early last week on social media that it was the victim of a ransomware attack, and it…
In: Karnataka: Congress alleges voters’ data theft, seeks CM Bommai’s resignation
ANI reports: Bangalore (Karnataka) [India], November 17 (ANI): The Congress on Thursday launched an attack against Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai alleging that he was directly involved in electoral fraud that has come to light in Bengaluru. “Shocking expose reveals that those in citadels of power, including Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai, are responsible for theft…
U.K.: Suffolk police publish sensitive info of sexual assault victims online in data protection failure
Why would other victims ever come forward and report their assaults when they cannot trust the police to protect their reports? This is an appalling breach, and an “investigation” isn’t going to undo any harm that has been done. What exactly is going to be done to mitigate harm to the victims of this data…
Bahraini websites hacked hours before parliamentary election
[N] Gulf reports: Hackers targeted official websites in Bahrain just hours before the start of a parliamentary election on Saturday, the Interior Ministry said. The ministry did not identify the websites targeted, but the country’s state-run Bahrain News Agency (BNA) could not be reached online, nor could the website for Bahrain’s parliament. “Websites are being…