Pat Ferrier reports: When employees of the Fort Collins Loveland Water District and South Fort Collins Sanitation District got to work the morning of Feb. 11, they were locked out of technical and engineering data and drawings stored on their computers. The districts had fallen victim to a ransomware cyber attack, the second in two years, General Manager…
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Alleged Data Breach In IT Company Sparks Row Between Andhra, Telangana
Telangana | Indo-Asian News Service provides some more details on the TDP incident: An alleged data breach by a company which provides IT services to Andhra Pradesh’s ruling Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and the action taken against it by Telangana police triggered a row between the two states on Sunday. On a petition by an…
Telugu Desam Party in dock over data theft, FIR registered against four
ANI reports: Police have registered a case after a complaint was received against the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) for allegedly using the people’s data illegally through ‘Sevamitra App‘ to advance the party’s electoral prospects in the coming Lok Sabha polls in the state. Police have named four persons in the case. The first information report…
Data breach rumours abound as UK Labour Party locks down access to member databases
Rebecca Hill reports: The UK’s Labour Party has been forced to lock down access to membership databases and campaign tools over concerns the info was being sucked up by breakaway MPs, in a possible breach of data protection laws. The party’s general secretary, Jennie Formby, yesterday said Labour had “become aware of a number of…
Bayside Covenant Church Provides Notice of Data Breach
ROSEVILLE, Calif., Feb. 5, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — What Happened? In October of 2018, Bayside became aware of suspicious activity in certain employees’ email accounts. Bayside immediately began an investigation to confirm the nature and scope of this activity. Through the investigation, which included working with third party forensic investigators, we determined that the unauthorized actors accessed…
CA: Two men indicted in “sim swapping” scheme to steal cryptocurrency
SAN FRANCISCO – A federal grand jury indicted Ahmad Wagaafe Hared and Matthew Gene Ditman with conspiracy to commit computer fraud and abuse, conspiracy to commit access device fraud, extortion, and aggravated identity theft, announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson and Federal Bureau of Investigation, Special Agent in Charge John Bennett. According to the…