Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty reports: The websites of the Bulgarian presidency and several other government ministries were the target of a large-scale cyberattack, the Prosecutor-General’s Office said on October 15, blaming Russian hackers. Prosecutor-General Ivan Geshev described it as a “serious problem,” calling it “an attack on the Bulgarian state.” In addition to the president’s…
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Feds: Ex Louisville Police Officer Used Law Enforcement Tech To Help Hack Sexually Explicit Photos From Women
Josh Wood reports: A former Louisville Metro Police Department officer used law enforcement technology as part of a scheme that involved hacking the Snapchat accounts of young women and using sexually explicit photos and videos they had taken to extort them, federal prosecutors said in court documents filed on Tuesday. According to a sentencing memorandum,…
Thumb drive with confidential Yukon gov’t case files found in Whitehorse pawn shop
CBC reports: The Yukon government, RCMP and the territory’s privacy commissioner are investigating how a thumb drive containing confidential case files belonging to the Health and Social Services department ended up at a Whitehorse pawn shop. City resident Brian Zink discovered the data after he bought the thumb drive at a pawn shop. Read more at CBC. h/t, @fanCRTCProfling
City ‘inadvertently’ shares personal information, breaches privacy in mass-email to hundreds of Hamilton voters
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…
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….