John Beauge reports: Personal information including Social Security numbers may be at risk as the result of unauthorized access and acquisition of data stored on a Pennsylvania county’s computer network. “We determined that the cyber criminals took certain data from our network, which included personally identifiable information,” the Union County commissioners revealed Friday. “The affected…
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Mission, Texas expects ransomware impact to last months
Matt Wilson reports: The city of Mission expects the fallout from a debilitating ransomware attack last month to have an impact for months. The city said so in correspondence last Thursday seeking an attorney general’s opinion allowing it to withhold contracts with outside cybersecurity experts and legal council asked for by the Progress Times through…
No need to hack when it’s leaking: OrthoMinds edition
Exposed database backups discovered and reported by researcher @JayelTee are now being reported in more mainstream news after OrthoMinds issued a press about the incident. Marianne Kolbasuk McGee reports: A vendor of cloud-based orthodontic practice software is notifying an undisclosed number of patients that their data was exposed to the internet for 10 days last…
Almost one month after Brain Cipher claimed to have attacked them, Pulmonary Physicians of South Florida has yet to publicly confirm or deny any breach
Pulmonary Physicians of South Florida (PPSF) describe themselves as a group of experienced and highly qualified pulmonary, critical care and sleep medicine physicians. “We provide comprehensive, state of the art diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the lungs in every hospital in Miami-Dade County, as well as in select hospitals in Broward and Monroe counties,”…
FCC proposes new cybersecurity mandates for submarine cable operators in major rule review, seeks public input
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…
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…