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Today’s exercise in reading between the lines

Posted on May 30, 2022 by Dissent

A recent notification by Aon had DataBreaches wondering exactly what went on with their incident response. Consider their description of what happened: What Happened? On February 25, 2022, Aon identified a cyber incident that, upon investigation, impacted a limited number of systems. Once the incident was discovered, Aon immediately retained leading cybersecurity firms to assist…

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Ransomware attack sends New Jersey county back to 1977

Posted on May 30, 2022 by Dissent

Brandon Vigliarolo reports: Somerset County, New Jersey, was hit by a ransomware attack this week that hobbled its ability to conduct business, and also cut off access to essential data. “Services that depend on access to county databases are temporarily unavailable, such as land records, vital statistics, and probate records. Title searches are possible only…

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Martin University discloses ransomware incident

Posted on May 28, 2022 by Dissent

Martin University in Indianapolis disclosed that they were hit by a ransomware attack on January 3, 2022, and have been investigating the incident since then. As is often the case with these attacks, the university was unable to determine whether there had been actual access to files with personal information. As a result, they are…

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Compromised US Academic Credentials Identified Across Various Public and Dark Web Forums

Posted on May 28, 2022 by Dissent

The FBI has issued a private industry notification about the sale of credentials and access to universities on dark web and clear net forums.  They write, in part: The FBI has observed incidents of stolen higher education credential information posted on publically accessible online forums or listed for sale on criminal marketplaces. The exposure of…

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North Orange County Community College District was hit by ransomware in January

Posted on May 28, 2022 by Dissent

In March, DataBreaches reported that North Orange County Community College District in California had been notifying more than 19,000 people about a data security incident. This week, NOCCCD submitted a notification to the California Attorney Genera’s Office, but it does not appear to be an update as much as a delayed notification to the state….

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IL: Cyberattack costs City of Quincy $650,000

Posted on May 26, 2022 by Dissent

J. Robert Gough reports: Quincy Mayor Mike Troup said the city has spent about $150,000 on outside consultants and $500,000 for an encryption key to regain access to the city’s information services systems. In other words, $500,000 in ransomware. In a news conference Tuesday morning, Troup gave a timeline of events that have taken place…

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