Adam Ashton reports: Social Security numbers for thousands of state employees and contractors were exposed in a recent data breach at the Department of Fish and Wildlife, according to a memo that the department sent to its workers this week. The department discovered the data breach on Dec. 22, but did not disclose the breach…
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Missouri mental health department admits mailing error
AP reports: The Missouri Department of Mental Health is notifying 1,000 people that some personal information might have been mailed to an incorrect address. The department said in a statement Friday that the information released included only the participants’ names, not medical or financial information. Read more on FOX2.
NC: County computers shut down by ransomware
Ben Coley reports: The Davidson County government’s ability to conduct business on computers has been stopped by a software virus known as ransomware, according to County Manager Zeb Hanner. Hanner said officials learned about the issue around 2 a.m. Friday. He noted that all the files are encrypted and that the hackers are asking for…
Charges: State employee hacked into co-worker’s computer
Pat Reavy reports: A state employee was charged Wednesday with illegally getting into his co-worker’s computer, changing her Facebook password and reading her messages. Eric Brian Thompson, 42, of Farmington, is charged in 3rd District Court with computer fraud, a third-degree felony. In May of 2016, Thompson was an employee of the state of Utah,…
UGA student accused of hacking account to change grades
Joe Johnson reports: A University of Georgia student is facing 80 felony counts for allegedly hacking into a professor’s computer to change his grades. Michael Lamon Williams, 21, was booked into the Clarke County Jail Wednesday on nine counts of computer trespass and 71 counts of computer forgery. Williams, a student of UGA’s Terry College…
Western Union Customer Data Stolen – Company Blames an Unnamed Storage Firm
Rafia Shaikh reports: Trusted Western Union with your money? It appears the company may have lost your information to hackers. While the company talks about testing transactions with Ripple and expects higher sales in 2018, it seems it’s having some troubles with security. Some of the Western Union consumers started receiving a letter from the…