Chad Arnold reports: The Lake George Land Conservancy is in the process of upgrading its servers after experiencing a ransomware attack last month. The organization, which works to preserve land surrounding Lake George, announced the Sept. 23 security breach in a letter posted to its website Wednesday. Read more on The Post-Star. It sounds like…
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UK: Cyber attack on Jewish charity event being investigated, reported to regulator
Jewish News Reporter reports: UJIA is investigating a cyber-attack which targeted its virtual centenary event last week, as it reported the incident to the regulator and Charity Commission. The British Jewish charity’s event was targeted last Wednesday evening, with hundreds of participants kicked off a video platform or prevented from joining the virtual event. Read…
UN maritime agency says it was hacked
Catalin Cimpanu reports: The United Nations International Maritime Organization (UN IMO) disclosed a security breach over the weekend that the agency categorized as a “sophisticated cyber-attack” against its IT systems. The incident was discovered on Thursday and impacted the IMO public website and other web-based services, the UN agency said in a press release. Read more…
People of Praise reportedly suffered a data breach ahead of member Amy Coney Barrett’s SCOTUS nomination
Religious group People of Praise suffered a data breach last week, Catholic News Agency reported on Tuesday. The group has had increased attention given that on Saturday, President Donald Trump nominated one of its members, Amy Coney Barrett, to fill the Supreme Court seat left by the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. “On September 23, 2020, our…
Anglicare Sydney being held to ransom over sensitive data stolen from computer system
Ursala Malone reports: Anglicare Sydney has confirmed that it is being held to ransom over a large amount of potentially sensitive information that has been stolen from its computer system. The not-for-profit organisation holds records on adoption and foster care as well as counselling and mental health services. Read more on ABC (AU). The organization…
Ontario nurses’ regulatory body investigating ‘cyber security incident’
Kate Dubinski reports: The College of Nurses of Ontario (CNO) has been dealing with a “cyber security incident” that may have compromised the personal information of its almost 200,000 members, CBC News has learned. The name of the college and some of the information hackers say they have access to appears on a website associated with…