October 19 – On Friday night Oct. 16, 2020, Parker County discovered they were impacted by a computer security incident. Following the discovery, County IT staff quickly isolated the compromised systems to limit the spread of the attack. County elections systems were not impacted. The Parker County Elections systems reside on an isolated network which…
Data on 2,750 partner firms of Japan Post unit leaked
Oops! JIJI reports: A computer file containing data on 2,750 business partners of a unit of Japan Post Co. has been leaked, the parent company said Tuesday. On Oct. 6, an employee of the Tokyo-based unit, Japan Post Trading Service Co., which conducts catalog-based sales of midsummer and year-end gifts handled at post offices, mistakenly…
UK: Hackney’s mayor is ticked off — and understandably so
There’s an update to a ransomware attack previously noted on this site: Hackney Mayor Philip Glanville has voiced his anger at the “morally repugnant” cyber attack that has disrupted many council services over the past fortnight, which he says could not have come at a worse time for the borough. Council officers were praised last…
Donald Trump’s Twitter password is “maga2020!”, and there’s no 2FA, claims hacker
Updated: The claims made by Victor Gevers, reported below, have been disputed by Twitter, Trump’s team, and an article by Joe Cox on Vice. —————————– Graham Clulely reports that President Trump, whose password back used to be “yourefired” used “Maga2020!” as his Twitter password, with no 2FA. Read more on Graham’s site while some of…
Virtual learning company admits releasing student data in bid to expand in Missouri
Kurt Erikson reports: A company offering virtual learning programs in Missouri “inadvertently” released student information as it worked the Capitol halls earlier this year in a bid to make it easier to expand its offerings. [,,,] In an Aug. 20 letter, Christopher Neale, assistant commissioner of the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, said…
Data breach at Dr Reddy’s forces lab to temporarily shut operations across globe
Rhythma Kaul reports: After reports of a data leak from Hyderabad-based global pharmaceutical company Dr Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd, one of country’s leading pathology laboratory chains came out, IT has been forced to temporarily shut operations in its plants across the world. […] Dr Reddy’s Laboratories had recently received approval from the drugs controller general of…