Mike Savino and Kaitlyn Naples report: Another school system in the state is dealing with a ransomware attack. Watertown’s Superintendent of Schools Rydell Harrison confirmed that staff discovered the attack last Thursday. Because school officials found the hack quickly, Harrison said “at this time there is no indication that our web-based systems that house student…
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Ransomware Hit Case Management Provider TrialWorks. What Happens Next?
Victoria Hudgins reports: Add case management platform TrialWorks to the laundry list of companies and public sector agencies that were struck and paralyzed by a cyberattack this year. And unless lawyers backed up their client files to a separate storage network, they could be frozen out of their data by TrialWorks’ problems. Still, experts say there are ways to mitigate the damage….
“Crafty Cockney” loses extradition appeal; closer to standing trial in U.S. for alleged role in “thedarkoverlord” attacks
Nathan Wyatt, the 38 year-old U.K. resident known as “Crafty Cockney” on AlphaBay market, has lost his bid to convince the High Court to overturn a lower court’s ruling that he should be extradited to the U.S. Today’s ruling means that Wyatt is one step closer to being extradited to stand trial in federal court…
Bill to Establish Data Protection Agency Introduced in Congress
From the good folks at EPIC.org: Representatives Eshoo and Lofgren have introduced the Online Privacy Act, a comprehensive framework for data protection in the United States. The bill would establish a data protection agency, create meaningful privacy safeguards for consumers, and hold companies accountable for the collection and use of personal data. The bill is based on Fair…
California DMV finds data breach exposed Social Security information for around 3,200 people
Joseph Luiz reports: The California Department of Motor Vehicles has announced that federal agencies were accidentally given access to Social Security information for about 3,200 people. The department said in a statement that it discovered in August that for at least the past four years, the information was accidentally accessible to seven government entities, including…
NM: Las Cruces Public Schools computers still offline a week after ransomware attack
Jim Parker reports: The computer network for the Las Cruces Public Schools remained offline a week after a ransomware attack by hackers forced the shutdown of the entire system. After originally trying to get existing servers for dozens of schools back online late last week, computer technicians for the district said late Monday they were now working…