Industrial Cyber reports: The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is conducting its first comprehensive review of submarine cable rules since 2001 to enhance the protection of the nation’s submarine cable infrastructure amid evolving national security concerns. The review also proposes that all applicants for cable landing licenses and licensees submitting periodic reports must certify that they have…
Category: U.S.
Takeaways from our investigation on AI-powered school surveillance
Sharon Lurye of The Associated Press and Claire Bryan of The Seattle Times report: Thousands of American schools are turning to AI-powered surveillance technology for 24/7 monitoring of student accounts and school-issued devices like laptops and tablets. The goal is to keep children safe, especially amid a mental health crisis and the threat of school shootings. Machine-learning algorithms detect potential indicators of problems…
Endless Mountains Health Systems affected by cyberattack; patients alerted to situation
Endless Mountains Health Systems (EMHS) in Pennsylvania has been dealing with a cyberattack that has impacted its operations and some of its systems. They have not stated whether it is a ransomware incident or not. EMHS announced the attack on March 5 on its website, but had already been noting problems on its Facebook page…
Extensive US public school employee data compromise reported from Carruth Compliance Consulting breach
SC Media reports: Oregon-based third-party retirement plan administrator Carruth Compliance Consulting had information from more than 40,000 public school teachers and employees in California, Illinois, New York, Oregon, and Pennsylvania exfiltrated following a December attack by the newly emergent Skira Team hacking group, which purported the theft of data from 36 public schools across the…
Info accessed in Rainbow board data breach ‘deleted and has not been shared’
Sudbury.com reports: Data acquired by unauthorized individuals during Rainbow District School Board’s recent cyber incident “was deleted and has not been shared,” according to an update on the situation from the school board. The school board also said in the Feb. 28 statement that three weeks after the cyber incident, which meant internet was unavailable…
Imprisoned IRS Contractor Leaked Information of Over 400,000 Taxpayers
James Lynch reports: Imprisoned former IRS contractor Charles Littlejohn improperly leaked information of over 400,000 taxpayers, a far greater number than the agency previously disclosed. Acting IRS Commissioner Douglas O’Donnell wrote a letter to House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R., Ohio) earlier this month notifying him that Littlejohn’s illegal disclosures impacted 405, 427 taxpayers,…