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Norway accuses Russia over cyber attack on parliament

Posted on October 14, 2020 by Dissent

AFP reports: Norway’s government on Tuesday said that it believes Russia was behind an August cyber attack targeting the email system of the country’s parliament. The attack was detected in August, when Norway announced hackers had attacked the parliament’s email system, gaining access to some lawmakers’ messages. Read more on The Local (No).

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Oswego Health: Some patient data potentially exposed

Posted on October 13, 2020 by Dissent

Ken Sturtz reports: Oswego Health has notified an unspecified number of patients about a potential leak of personal information via an employee email account earlier this year. In a letter sent to affected patients, Oswego Health said it had discovered “potential unauthorized access to an employee email account” between June 11 and June 15. The…

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KY: Breach of city contractor e-mail put some city workers info at risk

Posted on October 13, 2020 by Dissent

Steve Rogers reports: Some current and former Lexington city employees’ personal information was put at risk when a third-party contractor’s e-mail server was hacked in July. The city was notified on Sept. 28 of the security incident by Metaformers Inc., the third-party contractor working on city technology projects, the city said in a release. Read…

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Home security cams hacked in Singapore, and stolen footage sold on adult websites

Posted on October 13, 2020 by Dissent

Graham Cluley writes that Singapore residents have discovered the ugly truth that video from their in-home security cams has been hacked and embarrassing footage put up for sale: as local media reports, clips stolen from more than 50,000 hacked cameras have been uploaded to pornographic websites, and X-rated footage sold to people prepared to pay a…

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MI: Walled Lake school district says it’s been hacked

Posted on October 12, 2020 by Dissent

ClickOnDetroit reports: In an email sent to parents late Sunday, Walled Lake Consolidated School District says a system outage has been linked to a cyberattack. The hack will not impact virtual learning. Superintendent Kenneth Gutman said virtual learning will proceed as normal when classes resume Monday morning. Read more on ClickOnDetroit to read the district’s…

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This stealthy hacker-for-hire group is using phishing, malicious apps and zero-day attacks against its victims

Posted on October 11, 2020 by Dissent

Danny Palmer reports: An extensive cyber-espionage operation by a hacker-for-hire group that uses phishing, social engineering, malicious apps, custom malware and zero-day attacks has been secretly targeting governments, private industry and individuals for years in what’s described as a diverse, patient and elusive hacking enterprise. Dubbed Bahamut, the mercenary hacking group has been carrying out extensive operations against…

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