Paying ransom doesn’t always guarantee that a ransomware victim will be able to recover all of the encrypted data. Some more food for thought in a news story today about ransomware in the New York Times that highlights how small government entities are being targeted recently: The F.B.I. said it had received nearly 1,500 ransomware…
Category: U.S.
Mystery of NSA Leak Lingers as Stolen Document Case Winds Up
Tami Abdollah and Eric Tucker of AP report on what is arguably the most significant insider breach in our government of this century: Federal agents descended on the suburban Maryland house with the flash and bang of a stun grenade, blocked off the street and spent hours questioning the homeowner about a theft of government…
Hackers Obtain Names, Social Security Numbers For 78K In Maryland
Deb Belt reports: The names and Social Security numbers of 78,000 Marylanders were accessed by hackers who breached Maryland Department of Labor databases, state officials said July 5. While customers whose personal information was accessed are just now being notified, the breach happened in April and involved data files from 2009, 2010, 2013 and 2014….
Border-surveillance subcontractor suspended after cyberattack
Breaches have consequences – sometimes. And so does copyright infringement or theft. On July 30, DataBreaches.net learned that a story it linked to on a site called darknetstats.com was not written by “C. Aliens” for darknetstats.com. As a a consequence, the original post here has been removed with an apology to C. Aliens. One other…
TN: Alive Hospice notifies patients or next of kin after discovering unauthorized access to an employee’s email account
NASHVILLE, Tenn., July 3, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — On or around May 6, 2019, Alive Hospice became aware of unusual activity related to an employee’s email account. Alive Hospice immediately took steps to respond to and investigate this activity and change the user’s password. Based on this review, Alive Hospice determined that an unauthorized individual(s) gained…
FL: Sheriff: DCF employee behind data breach affecting 2,000
AP reports: Investigators say a Florida Department of Children and Family Services employee is accused of leaking personal data to six people in an organized fraud ring. The Sarasota Herald-Tribune reports that the data breach affected 2,000 people, and has already amounted to $260,000 in retail theft. Read more on SFGate.