ES: City Council of Durango “Completely Paralyzed” by Cyberattack The City Council of Durango in Biscay reports it is “completely paralyzed” by a cyberattack last Saturday. The news site Durangon quotes the Deputy Mayor, Iker Urkiza (machine translation) that the ‘hacking “has been serious” and that it will paralyze their computer systems “for weeks.” According…
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Oregon workers’ compensation claimants and policyholders may have had their personal information hacked
Mike Rogoway reports that Oregon’s worker’s compensation insurer, SAIF Corp., experienced a breach in October that potentially compromised policyholders’ information and workers’ compensation claimants’ personal and medical information. On their breach-related site maintained for them by IDX, SAIF explains that on October 24, there was a brief period during which an unauthorized individual or individuals…
January 6 Committee Exposes 2,000 Social Security Numbers of Republicans & Family Members in Massive Dox
Becker News has a commentary that begins: The January 6 committee exposed little new during its 18-month exercise in tedious political theatrics advertised under the banner of being an “investigation.” This J6 “investigation” failed to give us any new info on the DNC pipe bomber, why Ray Epps is free when he said he “orchestrated”…
FBI’s Vetted Info Sharing Network ‘InfraGard’ Hacked
Brian Krebs reports: InfraGard, a program run by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to build cyber and physical threat information sharing partnerships with the private sector, this week saw its database of contact information on more than 80,000 members go up for sale on an English-language cybercrime forum. Meanwhile, the hackers responsible are communicating directly…
Amnesty International Canada hit by cyberattack out of China, investigators say
Murray Brewster reports: The Canadian branch of Amnesty International was the target of a sophisticated cyber-security breach this fall — an attack forensic investigators believe originated in China with the blessing of the government in Beijing. The intrusion was first detected on October 5, the human rights group said Monday. The attack showed signs of being the…
The Pope’s website taken offline in suspected hacker attack
Anugraha Sundaravelu reports: Hackers have targeted the headquarters of the Roman Catholic Church in an apparent cyberattack. The official Vatican website was taken offline on Wednesday following an apparent hacking attack, the Holy See said. ‘Technical investigations are ongoing due to abnormal attempts to access the site,’ Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni said, without giving any…