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China says Microsoft hacking accusations fabricated by US and allies

Posted on July 20, 2021 by Dissent

From the of-course-they-would dept., BBC reports: China has denied allegations that it carried out a major cyber-attack against tech giant Microsoft. The US and other Western countries on Monday accused China of hacking Microsoft Exchange – a popular email platform used by companies worldwide. They said it was part of a broader pattern of “reckless” behaviour…

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Ke: Our database has never been hacked, says IEBC

Posted on July 20, 2021 by Dissent

Nixon Kanali reports: Kenya’s electoral body the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has dismissed claims that its database had been hacked. Reports reported by a section of the media had indicated that someone had gained access into the commission’s database and acquired personal details of registered voters from a country in Western Kenya. The…

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NC: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine and University of North Carolina Hospitals notifying some patients of breach

Posted on July 20, 2021 by Dissent

From a press release: On May 20, 2021, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine (SOM) and University of North Carolina Hospitals learned that an unauthorized person may have gained access to a single SOM faculty member’s email account. This SOM faculty member provides clinical services at UNC Hospitals. SOM and UNC…

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Hackers Penetrated Iran’s Railroad Computers Long Before July Attack

Posted on July 18, 2021 by Dissent

Iran International reports: One week after cyber attack on Iran’s ministry of roads and the railroad system, an information security office at the presidential administration reported on Sunday that hackers had penetrated the computer systems at least a month earlier. A system-wide disruption in the computer network of Iran’s railroads due to a cyberattack on July 9 disrupted…

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TX: Thousands of employees and dependents of Whitehouse ISD just had their data dumped on the dark web

Posted on July 16, 2021 by Dissent

School districts continue to be low-hanging fruit for threat actors.  While Grief threat actors hacked and then dumped data from Clover Park School District in Washington, Booneville School District in Mississippi, and Lancaster ISD in Texas, Vice Society hacked and then dumped data from Whitehouse ISD, also in Texas. On June 28, DataBreaches.net emailed Whitehouse…

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CT: High school student charged after putting Hitler quote in yearbook

Posted on July 14, 2021 by Dissent

Denette Wilford reports: A high-schooler in Connecticut allegedly hacked into his school’s computer database, so he could put a quote from Adolf Hitler into a yearbook. The incident happened in May, when the 18-year-old student at Glastonbury High School popped a Hitler quote underneath the photo of a classmate, police said. Read more on Toronto…

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