Avalon Zoppo reports: The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating a cybersecurity breach that involved the judiciary’s electronic filing and case management system, the department’s National Security Division head told the House Judiciary Committee Thursday. The committee’s chairman, Rep. Jerry Nadler, raised the issue at the start of the hearing, noting that the U.S. Administrative…
Category: Government Sector
City of Detroit retirees data breach causes concern
Randy Wimbley and David Komer report: …. It’s what Weldon. a Detroit retiree, stumbled upon Wednesday morning after setting up her account on the City of Detroit retirement system’s new online program. “I saw several links called lists, and I clicked on one – and it was my name and this first list was eight…
Top secret documents scattered in street after careless disposal by German Chancellor Scholz
Emma Crabtree reports: The Chancellor’s bin bags were placed outside his private apartment and torn open by foxes, leaving the documents open in public. Multiple news sources have since criticised the German leader for using such a careless disposal method. Read more at Express. The documents were unshredded and just bagged and binned, it seems.
An Entire Canadian Town Is Being Extorted By Ransomware Cyber Criminals
Lane Babuder reports: Ransomware attacks have been on the rise. This time around, the small Ontario, Canada town of St. Marys has been targeted. The ransomware organization behind the attack seems to be LockBit. So far though, no ransom has been paid. The town itself claims that most city functions are still operational and staff…
RI: City of Newport advising past, current employees of potential data loss
Ryan Belmore reports: After an exhaustive investigation following the discovery of a suspicious email on one of the City’s internal networks, current and former municipal employees are being notified of a suspected security incident that may have left certain personal information compromised. […] Through the investigation, the City learned that there was unauthorized activity in…
Bellingham Public Library notifying patrons of data breach
asmith reports that the Bellingham Public Library in Washington suffered a breach impacting 735 patrons. The data, downloaded by an unknown source, included patrons’ names and birthdates, along with their library ID information. Bellingham’s breach notice, posted on their website, explains that the data were breached in a breach of Whatcom County Library System (WCLS),…