If you had a gleam in your eye thinking about how you might get $125 from Equifax as part of their settlement, guess again. The FTC announced today that so many people had already filed claims that Equifax wouldn’t have enough money to pay everyone, so …… the FTC says to take the free credit…
Category: U.S.
Dozens of Government Websites Defaced by “VandaTheGod” Hacktivists
Ashley Claster reports from Randolph County, North Carolina: An international hacker group named “Vanda The God” hacked the Randolph County government’s website, according to the county. The hackers replaced the home page with a vulgar anti-government message. The investigation is now in the hands of homeland security. Read more on Spectrum News. The county’s IT…
Two more school districts that fell prey to malware attacks
Two more to add to any list you may be keeping: First, Spectrum News reports on an incident in New York involving the Watertown City School District: The Watertown School District is the latest school system dealing with a cyber attack. The district released a statement on Monday saying that over the weekend, they experienced…
Seattle woman charged in Capital One breach may have data from other companies
Mike Snider reports: A Seattle woman who is charged with taking data on more than 100 million customers from Capital One is reportedly a former Amazon Web Services systems engineer who may have accessed data from more companies. Read more on USA Today.
How 4 IT technicians saved an Arizona hospital from ransomware
Jeanette Hinkle of the Arizona Republic reports: Mike Nelson often comes to work early, around 6 a.m., so it was Nelson who first discovered the message. Nelson, an information-technology technician for Wickenburg Community Hospital, found it glowing on a computer screen in the emergency department. In Times New Roman font was the word “Ryuk.” In the bottom left corner of the…
IT experts from Dallas, Bowling Green assist DCPL with ongoing ransomware attack
This report was filed by Katie Pickens late Monday night: Daviess County Public Library is still experiencing the effects of a ransomware attack that first targeted the facility in April. The ransomware attack has limited access to some of DCPL’s computers at least twice in three months because the original issue was not fully resolved….